Louis Billot

The Reverend Father

Louis Billot

S.J.
The Reverend Father; Louis Billot; S.J.
Priest of the Society of Jesus
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1911–1927)
Orders
Ordination	22 May 1869
Created cardinal	27 November 1911; by Pope Pius X
Personal details
Born	12 January 1846; Sierck-les-Bains, Moselle, France
Died	18 December 1931 (aged 85); Ariccia, Latium, Italy
Nationality	French
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Louis Billot (12 January 1846 in Sierck-les-Bains, Moselle, France – 18 December 1931 in Ariccia, Latium, Italy) was a French Jesuit priest and theologian. He became a cardinal in 1911 and resigned from that status in 1927, the only person to do so in the twentieth century.^[1] While largely unknown in the modern age, he was nonetheless considered "the most important Thomistic speculative theologian of the late nineteenth century."^[2]

^ Walsh, Michael J. (2010). The Cardinals: Thirteen Centuries of the Men Behind the Papal Throne. William B. Eerdmanns Publishing. p. 220. ISBN 9780802829412. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ Bernardi, Peter J. (2021). "Louis Cardinal Billot, S.J. (1846–1931): Thomist, Anti-Modernist, Integralist" (PDF). Journal of Jesuit Studies 8. pp. 585–616.

[walsh-1] Walsh, Michael J. (2010). The Cardinals: Thirteen Centuries of the Men Behind the Papal Throne. William B. Eerdmanns Publishing. p. 220. ISBN 9780802829412. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

[2] Bernardi, Peter J. (2021). "Louis Cardinal Billot, S.J. (1846–1931): Thomist, Anti-Modernist, Integralist" (PDF). Journal of Jesuit Studies 8. pp. 585–616.

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