Jean Grou
Jean Nicolas Grou | |
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| Born | 23 November 1731 Calais, France |
| Died | 13 December 1803 (aged 72) Lulworth Castle, Dorset, England |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Jesuit University at Pont-à-Mousson |
| Philosophical work | |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Main interests | |
| Notable works | La Science du Crucifix, (The Science of the Crucifix); and its sequel, La Science Pratique du Crucifix dans l’usage des Sacrements de Pénitence et de Eucharistie |
| Notable ideas | |
Jean Nicolas Grou SJ (23 November 1731 – 13 December 1803) was a French Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, teacher, translator and mystic and spiritual writer. After the suppression of the Jesuit order, he sought sanctuary in the Dutch Republic. He returned to France, but at the outbreak of the French Revolution, he escaped to England where he gained refuge with a wealthy English household in Dorset whose house chaplain he became while continuing his literary output.