Thierry Ruinart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French historian
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Place of Birth: Reims, Grand Est, France
About Thierry Ruinart
- Dom Thierry Ruinart (also Theodore, Theodoricus) (1657–1709) was a French Benedictine monk and scholar.
- He was a Maurist, and a disciple of Jean Mabillon. Of his many works, the one now cited is his Acta sincera, a martyrology, written in Latin (French translation 1732 by Drouet de Maupertuy).
- His work is one of the main sources of Alphonsus Liguori's "Victories of the Martyrs". He was also interested in oenology.
- In 1729 his nephew Nicolas Ruinart founded the champagne house of Ruinart, which operates to this day (2007).
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