Antoine Touron

Touron was born at Graulhet, Tarn, France, the son of a merchant, and seems to have joined the Dominicans at an early age. After the completion of his studies he taught philosophy and theology to the students of his province (Toulouse); but the later years of his life were devoted to biography, history, and apologetics. He died at Paris.

Touron wrote twenty-nine books, dealing largely with the history of the Dominican order and the biographical sketches of its notable men. Daniel-Antonin Mortier, in his {{lang|fr|Histoire des maîtres généraux de l'ordre des frères prêcheurs}}, made generous use of his {{lang|fr|Histoire des hommes illustres}}.

Touron's writings include:

• {{lang|fr|Vie de saint Thomas d'Aquin}}
• {{lang|fr|Vie de saint Dominique avec une hist. abrégée des ses premiers disciples}}
• {{lang|fr|Hist. des hommes illustres de l'ordre de saint Dominique}}
• {{lang|fr|De la providence, traité hist., dogmat. et mor.}}
• {{lang|fr|La main de Dieu sur les incrédules, ou hist. abrégée des Israélites}}
• {{lang|fr|Parallèle de l'incrédule et du vrai fidèle}}
• {{lang|fr|La vie et l'esprit de saint Charles Borromée}}
• {{lang|fr|La verité vengée en faveur de saint Thomas}}
• {{lang|fr|Hist. génerale de l'Amérique depuis sa découverte}}, an ecclesiastical history of the New World.

• {{cite book |author=Antonin Mortier |title=Hist. des maîtres gén. de l'ordre des frères prêcheurs |language=fr |volume=5 vols |location=Paris |date=1903–1911 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X10LAQAAIAAJ}}
• {{cite book |author=Hugo von Hurter |author-link=Hugo von Hurter |title=Nomenclator literarius |volume=III |publisher=Innsbruck |year=1895 |pages=164–5 |url=https://archive.org/details/nomenclatorlite03hurtgoog}}

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Category:1686 births

Category:1775 deaths

Category:French Dominicans

Category:18th-century French historians

Category:French male non-fiction writers