Jacobus Alanus (Jacques Alain, d. 1576 )
Jacobus Alanus (Jacques Alain, d. 1576 ) OFM. French friar from Angers. Took the habit in his home town and went to Paris to study theology. Doctor of theology in 1555. Thereafter guardian of the Angers friary. Accompanied bishop Philippe du Bec (bishop of Vannes, 1559-1566) to the council of Trent. By 1561, he was active in Rennes, where he tried to arouse the Catholic population into mob action against the Protestant minority. Died at the Angers friary on 27 October 1576. Author?