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Richard Simon (priest)
French priest (1638-1712) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Richard Simon CO (13 May 1638 – 11 April 1712), was a French priest, a member of the Oratorians, who was an influential biblical critic, orientalist and controversialist.
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