Michel Le Quien (8 October 1661, Boulogne-sur-Mer – 12 March 1733, Paris) was a French historian and theologian.
Le Quien studied at Plessis CollegeDominican convent in Faubourg Saint-Germain, where he made his profession in 1682.
, Paris, and at twenty entered theExcepting occasional short absences, Le Quien never left Paris. At the time of his death he was librarian of the convent in Rue Saint-Honoré, a position which he had filled almost all his life, lending assistance to those who sought information on theology and ecclesiastical antiquity. Under the supervision of Jacques Marsollier he mastered the classical languages, Arabic and Hebrew, to the detriment, it seems, of his mother tongue.[1]
His chief works, in chronological order, are:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Michel Le Quien". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.