Jean-Joseph Surin, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Joseph Surin

father jesuit of the XVIIth century in France

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1600

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1665

Profession: writer, priest, philosopher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Jean-Joseph Surin (9 February 1600, Bordeaux – 21 April 1665, Bordeaux) was a French Jesuit mystic, preacher, devotional writer and exorcist.
He is remembered for his participation in the exorcisms of Loudun in 1634-37. Surin was reared in a cloister.
At the age of eight he took a vow of chastity, and at ten he was taught to meditate by a Carmelite.
He entered the novitiate with the Jesuits in 1616.
From 1623 to 1625 and from 1627 to 1629 he studied at the Collège de Clermont in Paris.
As a priest he practiced severe self-denial, and cut himself off from nearly all social contact.