Abelli, Louis

ABELLI, ɑ-bel´li, LOUIS: French Roman Catholic; b. 1603; d. at Paris Oct. 4, 1691. He was made bishop of Rhodez, southern France, in 1664, but resigned three years later and retired to the monastery of St. Lazare in Paris. He was a vehement opponent of Jansenism. His numerous works include: Medulla theologica (2 vols., Paris, 1651), a treatise on dogmatics; La Tradition de l’Église touchant la dévotion envers la Sainte Vierge (1652); Vie de St. Vincent de Paul (1664); De l’obéissance et soumission due au Pape (ed. Cheruel, 1870); and two volumes of meditations, La Couronne de l’année chrétienne (1657).