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<p> [[Bonjour]] (Or Bonjours), Guillaume </p> <p> a French Augustinian monk, was born at [[Toulouse]] in 1641. He was called to Rome in 1695 by cardinal Naris, and honored with the esteem of pope [[Clement]] XI, who confided to him several important functions, especially the commission for reforming the [[Gregorian]] Calendar. He was deeply versed in the Oriental languages, and particularly in the Coptic. He died in China in 1714, where his zeal for the propagation of the [[Christian]] religion had led him. He wrote, Dissertatio de Nomine Patriarchac Josephi a Pharaone Imposito (Rome, 1696): '''''—''''' Exercitatio in Monumenta Coptica sen Egyptiaca Bibliothecce Vaticance (ibid. 1699): '''''—''''' Selectee in Sacr. Script. Dissertationes, apud Montem-Falisctcm (1705): '''''—''''' Calendarium Romanum Chronologorum Causa Constoructum (ibid. 1701): '''''—''''' De Computo Ecclesiastico, apud Montem-Faliscumi (1702): '''''—''''' Explication de la Legende d'une Pierre Gravee Egyptienne (inserted in the [[Fragments]] of the [[Gospel]] of St. John, p. 391-392, published by P. Georgi): [[Observations]] sur un Miroir Chinois trouve en Siberie (published with the letters of Cuper, De Epochis Egypticis, a dissertation mentioned by Graevius). Among the MSS. left by Bonjour we notice a [[Coptic]] Grammar and Lexicon. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. </p>

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<ref name="term_26371"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bonjour+(or+bonjours),+guillaume Guillaume Bonjour (Or Bonjours) from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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