Dear Bruce E.,
I am learning more abour Anselme, his work and those that continued his
work.
If I get permission to share more I will.
John R. Carpenter
La Mesa, CA
http://www.britannica.com/seo/a/anselm-of-saint-mary/
Anselm Of Saint Mary
b. 1625, Paris
d. Jan. 17, 1694, Paris
also called FATHER ANSELM, French ANSELME DE SAINTE-MARIE, OR PÈRE
ANSELME, original name PIERRE DE GUIBOURS genealogist and friar whose
history of the French royal family and nobility is a
valuable source of detailed and unusual information.
Anselm entered the order of the Discalced Hermits of St. Augustine in
1644 and, remaining in their monastery (Couvent des Petits Pères),
devoted his entire life to genealogical studies. Among his early works
are Le Palais de l'honneur (1663-1668; "The Palace of Honour"),
concerning the genealogy of the houses of Lorraine and Savoy; Le Palais
de la gloire (1664; "The Palace of Glory"), dealing with the genealogy
of various illustrious French and European families; and La Science
héraldique (1675; "The Science of Heraldry").
His most important work is the Histoire généalogique et chronologique
de la maison royale de France, des pairs, des grands officiers de la
couronne, et de la maison du roy et des
anciens barons du royaume (2 vol., 1674; "Genealogical and
Chronological History of the Royal House of France, the Peers, the Grand
Officers of the Crown, and of the Royal House and the Ancient Barons of
the Realm"). After his death this history of French nobility was
continued by Honoré Caille, seigneur du Fourny, who had encouraged its
publication, and by two other friars at the monastery. The third and
most complete edition is that of 1726-33. A valuable source, it contains
in its notes exact references to many original documents.
NOTE:
Pierre Guibours, born in Paris in 1625, became a barefoot Augustian in
1644. In religion he took the name Anselme de la Vierge-Marie.