Vincent Contenson (born at Altivillare (Gers), Diocese of Condon, 1641; died Creil-sur-Oise, 26 December 1674) was a French Dominican theologian and preacher.
He was seventeen years old when he entered the Order of Preachers. He taught philosophy for a time at Albi, followed by theology at Toulouse. Afterwards, he had a brief but popular career as a preacher.
Contenson died in the pulpit at Creil, where he was giving a mission. He was buried there; his epitaph describes him as "in years a youth, mature in wisdom and in virtue venerable".
Works
Contenson's major work was , published posthumously at Lyons in nine volumes, 1681; second edition, 1687. The 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia praises its use of "illustrations and images borrowed from the Church Fathers" to enrich the "prevailing dry reasoning of Scholasticism."
References
"Histoire des hommes illustres de l'ordre de Saint Dominique", volume 5, by Antoine Touron. Henry John Rose, New General Biographical Dictionary (London, 1848) Louis Moréri, Le Grand Dictionaire historique (Paris, 1759)