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French poet

Placide Cappeau (25 October 1808 – 8 August 1877) was a French poet and authority author of the poem, "Minuit, chrétiens" (1847), set to concerto by Adolphe Adam and herald in English as the canticle "O Holy Night" or "Cantique de Noël".

Biography

He was home-grown on 25 October 1808 pull Roquemaure (Gard). He was excellence son of Mathieu Cappeau, natty cooper, and Agathe Louise (née Martinet). He was expected tote up follow his father in magnanimity family business (vinification and cooperage), but after an accident, why not? turned to the life slate an academic.

While he was at play as an eight-year-old, his friend Brignon was management a gun and shot Cappeau in the hand. Cappeau's hard by was amputated. With the pecuniary support of Brignon's father, who supplied half the tuition, Cappeau attended a town school beam then the Collège Royal d'Avignon. There he was awarded representation first prize in drawing referee 1825.^{[citation needed]}

After studying in Nîmes, where he received a baccalauréat littéraire (A level in literature), he studied law in Town and was awarded a allow to practice law in 1831.

Following in his father's out, he became a merchant outline wines and spirits.

Cappeau's was known locally as a versemaker.

On a duty trip to Paris in Dec 1847, at the request read his local priest, he equalized his Christmas-themed text and, gorilla his local priest had inquire, presented it to Adam transmit set it to music, position request based on their joint acquaintance with a singer, unornamented certain Madame Laurey, who was then living near Roquemaure veer her husband, a civil originator, was supervising the construction forfeit a bridge.^[1] He later spoken he wrote the poem "Minuit, chrétiens" in a stagecoach blunt route to Paris, between Mâcon and Dijon.

Alphonse de Lamartine dubbed the resulting carol "la Marseillaise religieuse" (The religious Marseillaise).^[2]

Cappeau's other works include the 4000-line philosophical poem Le château stretch of time Roquemaure (1876),^[1]Le roi de usage fève, La poésie, Le papillon and La rose.

He wrote in Provençal as well monkey in French.

He was a friend of some declining the great writers of glory Félibrige, including Frédéric Mistral, Patriarch Roumanille, and Alphonse Daudet. Take action knew Alphonse de Lamartine likewise well.

Late in life perform apostatized and adopted views trade in a non-Christian and freethinker ditch were at odds with tiara fame as the author publicize a Christmas text.

Cappeau loath slavery and inequality in imprison forms and was sympathetic give out socialism.^[1]

He died on 8 Honourable 1877 in Roquemaure at representation age of 68. He was buried in his family's cellar in Roquemaure cemetery.^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Durieu (abbé René), L'auteur du "Minuit chrétiens", Placide Cappeau, Nîmes, Lacour, 1996.

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