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mouily Mcribed to Lemercier, nwv also be mentiotted. In 1630 be built tjie choir of the enurch of the Oiator- iaus in Paris after the design of G&nent U^ceau, who had laid the comeratone in 1621. The fogade be- longs to a lat«r period. He also erected the Hdteb de Liancourt anddeLa Rochefoucauld. Also ascribed to him are the Hotol de Longuevllle and the ChAt«au Silly, or Chilly. of Marehal d^ffiat A hunting seat of Louis XIII, with splendid pleasure grounds, was a re- markable Versailles in miniature, forecasting the cele- brated pleasure palace of a later period. The statue of Henn' IV with the sarcophagus in the Lateran is a fine piece of plastic work.

Jacques Lemercier had a younger brother Francois, who in 1 836 rcpresentod him for a time in the capacity ot architect. His two sons Jacques and Francis re- ceived a pension from the state to enable them to study architecture. TheLemerciersof Poctoise were indeed one of those gifted families in which several members bad a vocation for the same branch of art. The two celebrated churches of St. Maclou at Pontoise and St. Eustocbe in Paris have been traced to one Pierre I.e- mercier, who at Pontoise was succeeded immediately by Nicholas Lemercier and more remot«ly by a con- nexion by marriage, Charles David. But tnc glor- ious church of St. Eustaehe was a greater source of re- nown for the family. According to GeymUller, whose Opinion is hardly to be disputed, Pierre Licmereier's entire share in St. Maclou consisted in the somewhat unusual dome tower, and further inferences con- oeming St. Eustaehe would be without foundation. Everything else is uncertain.

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G. GiBTUANN.

LemoB, Thomas de, Spanish theoloKisn and contro- versialist, b. at Rivadevia, Spain, 1555; d. at Rome, 23 Aug., 1629. At on early age he entered the Order of St. Dominic in his native town; heobtained, in 1590, the lectorate in theologry and was at the same time appointed regent of studies in the convent of St. Paul at Valladolid. In 1604 he was assigned to the chair of theology in the university of that city. The intel- lectual atmosphere of the time was troubled; theolog- ical discussion was rife. The controversy aroused in 1588 by the publication of Molina's work "Concordia liberi arbitriicumKratifedonis", between the Domin- icans and Jesuits, had reached a heated and turbulent stage not only at Valladolid but also at Salamanca, Cordova, Saragossa, and other cities of Spain. The almost oaily oisputations, both public and private, showed a tendency to arift away from the hith- erto universally accepted teaching of Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. In 1600 Lemos was chosen to rep- reeent his province in the public defence of selected theses before the general chapter of his order held at Naples. The propositions embraced the doctrine of St. Thomas and his school on grace and free-will. In his defence Lemos proved himself a disputant of the highest order. His familiarity with the works of St. Augustine on the question under discussion was such that the slightest deviation from them, either in con- tent or in diction, would not pass him uncorrected; and that he was no less familiar with the writings of St. Thomas ia evident from his own words: "noc nos in Hispania aliis armis nisi armis S. Thoms inciep- imus nana doctrinam impugnare" (Acta Congteg., diep. ii, col. 176). Hia ability and success prompted the general of bis order to send him to Rome to assist his confrere. Father Alvarez, in defending the teaching of his order against the Holinists before the Congre- Sltio de Auxiliis established by Clement VIII to aet- tls the controversy.

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upon his arrival he was given first place in the defence, which be held till the termination of the Con- gregation (26 Feb., 1606), For four years, in forty- seven public conferences, in the presence of Clement VIII and Paul V, he defended the teaching of St. Thomas with extraordinary skill against Rve no less able adversaries, the ^lite of the great Jesuit theolo- gians of the time. Referring to this event he himself writes: "Fuit ista Congregatio Celebris, de qua multi mirati sunt, quod tot ac tenlis. ubi fecerunt summum proehum patrcs Societatis, sic ex tempore fuisnet rcf- ponsum. Sed gratia Deisum id quod sum" (Acta <^on- gr^., 1231). At the conclusion of the c

biahopric, but he declined the honour, preferring I( main m Rome in the convent Sopra Mmerva to devote himself to literary work. Three years before his death he became totelly blind. During his lifetime he pub- lished nothing. The work which has given him a per- manent and prominent place in the histon" of theology appeared about fifty years after his death, the "Pan- optia gratis seu de rationalis crealiirx in finem super- naturalem gratuita divina suavipotente otdinatione, ductu, mediis, tiberoque progressu, disaertationes the- ologicte" (Lidge, 1676). The "Acta omnia Congrega- tionum et disputalionum, quie coram SS. Clemente VIII et Paulo V Sunmiis Pontilicibus sunt celebrnta; in causa et controvcrsia ilia magna de auxiliis divintc gratiie" (Louvain, 1702) appeared nesrlv a hundred year* after his death. While he is the author of a Urge number of works, these are the only ones which have thus far been published.

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Joseph Schroedek.

Le Moyns, the name of one of the most illustrious families of the New World, whose deeds adorn the pages of Canadian history.

Chables Le Moyne, founder of the family, b- of Pierre he Moyne and Judith Du- chesne at Dieppe on 1 August, 1626; d. at Ville-Marie (Montreal), 1683. On reaching Can- ada in Ifrll, he spent four years in the Huron coun- try, and then set- tled at Ville-Marie, his knowledge of

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-^.. .?ndering him useful as anin- teipreter, and his

ing to defend the colony. He often fought single- handed against

bravery encouraged the settled to cultivate the soil. In 1653 be negotiated a peace which lasted five years. He married Catherine Primot in 1654. Sur- prised by a partv of Iroquois in 1665, he was preparing to sell ms life dearly, when he tripped and was cajt- tured. Awed by his valour and fearing reprisals, his captors did not torture, but soon releaaea him. Ho accompanied Courcelles and Tracy against the Five Nations and shored their success. In recognitian of his services Louis XIV ennobled him with the title of Sieurde Longueuil. He served as interpreter to Cour- eollesand the Govemorsof Montreal .ind Three Riven during a visit to t^ Iroquois country, and was IV