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Ioannes Tristanus a Sancto Amante
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Ioannes Tristanus a Sancto Amante[1] (Gallice ː Jean Tristan sieur de Sainct Amant, circa 1595 - post 1656) fuit eques et numismatista Francogallicus cuius magnum opus Commentaires historiques inscriptum ac per totam vitam auctum historiam imperatorum Romanorum e numismatibus antiquis illustrare et restituere contendebat. At animus iracundus et ferox ei fuit, unde in iurgia et longas controversias incidit cum Ioanne Iacobo Chiffletio, cum iesuita Iacobo Sirmondo, cum Francisco Angelono qui propositum Tristani numismaticae historiae imperii Romani conscribendae Italiane imitatus erat.
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Tristanus Francogallice scribere solebat quia ad usum parium suorum, nobilium Francogallorum, libros suos in primis destinabat qui ut ipse Tristanus nummos antiquos magno impendio colligebant sed Latine parum callebant (ita saltem de eis sentiebat Tristanus). Libros bellatorios tamen adversus reverendum patrem Sirmundum Latine edidit ne rusticior in Litterarum republica videretur, si non Latine tam erudito iesuitae respondisset