Chardon, Gervais

Chardon, Gervais, a French theologian, born at Froid- Fond, near Chateau- Gontier, taught by turns philosophy and theology at Saint-Nicolas of Angers. He was banished July 9, 1676, to Riom, and died Dec. 21, 1686, protesting with energy against the triumph of the new Pelagians. He left, unpublished, an extensive course of theology, See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.