Joseph-Alexander Martigny
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Joseph-Alexander Martigny (b. at Sauverny
, Ain
, in 1808; d. at Belley
, 19 August 1880) was a French archaeologist and Canon of Belley.
He studied at the petit séminaire of Belley and became a professor there in 1832. He was curate later at Cressy
and afterwards a parish priest of Arbignieu
.
Encouraged by his bishop and Abbé Greppo, who promoted a revival of religious archaeology in France, he devoted his leisure hours to the pursuit of that science. He was appointed curé of Bâgé-le-Châtel
and made an honorary canon in 1849. From that time dates his acquaintance with J. B. de Rossi, to whom he became closely attached by reason of his work in the domain of Christian archaeology.
Martigny published a corrected edition of his dictionary in 1877. The publisher, Hachette, had intended the work to be part of the Dictionnaire des antiquitiés grecques and romaines of Daremberg and Saglio, but its importance made it an independent work. Martigny published also a French edition of the Bulletino de archaeologia of De Rossi. His writings include various articles in Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon, 1851, ssq., etc.
Sauverny
Sauverny is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-Population:...
, Ain
Ain
Ain is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. Being part of the region Rhône-Alpes and bordered by the rivers Saône and Rhône, the department of Ain enjoys a privileged geographic situation...
, in 1808; d. at Belley
Belley
Belley is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-History:Belley is of Roman origin, and in the 5th century became an episcopal see. It was the capital of the province of Bugey, which was a dependency of Savoy till 1601, when it was ceded to France...
, 19 August 1880) was a French archaeologist and Canon of Belley.
He studied at the petit séminaire of Belley and became a professor there in 1832. He was curate later at Cressy
Cressy
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and afterwards a parish priest of Arbignieu
Arbignieu
Arbignieu is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-Population:...
.
Encouraged by his bishop and Abbé Greppo, who promoted a revival of religious archaeology in France, he devoted his leisure hours to the pursuit of that science. He was appointed curé of Bâgé-le-Châtel
Bâgé-le-Châtel
Bâgé-le-Châtel is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-History:The name of Bâgé-le-Châtel comes from a Gallo-Roman villa belonging to a certain Balgiasius....
and made an honorary canon in 1849. From that time dates his acquaintance with J. B. de Rossi, to whom he became closely attached by reason of his work in the domain of Christian archaeology.
Works
Though living in a retired locality he collected the matter for his Dictionaire des antiquités chrétiennes, which appeared in 1865; the first work of its kind, giving evidence of the vast erudition, too vast perhaps, for the articles so varied in matter and character, are all from the pen of this learned country priest. This work was soon taken up again by Smith in England and Kraus in Germany.Martigny published a corrected edition of his dictionary in 1877. The publisher, Hachette, had intended the work to be part of the Dictionnaire des antiquitiés grecques and romaines of Daremberg and Saglio, but its importance made it an independent work. Martigny published also a French edition of the Bulletino de archaeologia of De Rossi. His writings include various articles in Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon, 1851, ssq., etc.