POITIERS, Thomas de. 16?? — ?.4.1742. Father. French Capuchin Missionary in India. Arrived in India in the 1690s, in 1715 in Madras. General supérieur of Capuchin missions on Coromandel coast in Pondichérey from before 1733 until death. He was involved in the quarrels between Jesuits and Capuchins.
Publications: Le Paganisme des Indiens nommés Tamouls. 1741 (anonymous manuscript).
Sources: Stray notes in Internet.
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