Adam Charles Gustave Desmazures

Adam-Charles-Gustave Desmazures (1818–1891), also known as Abbé Desmazures, was an author and Catholic priest, active in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Adam-Charles-Gustave Desmazures

Desmazures arrived in Montreal in 1851, where he became vicar of Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica and of Saint-Jacques, and helped organize a reading group. He was later priest of St. Sulpice.

Selected works
  • Souvenirs de la Terre-Sainte : Moueurs et usages des tribes arabes nomades de la Syrie au temps présent, Paris : imprim. de Pillet aîné, 1845.
  • Le Canada en 1868, Paris : E. Belin, [1868?].
  • Eglise de St-François d'Assise, Montréal : Institut des artisans, 1870.
  • Entretien sur les arts industriels, Montréal : Institut des artisans, 1870.
  • Souvenirs de la persévérance de Montréal, Montréal : [s.n.], 1872.
  • Explication des peintures de la chapelle Nazareth, Montréal : Eusèbe Senécal, imprimeur-éditeur, [1872?].
  • M. Faillon, prêtre de St. Sulpice : sa vie et ses oeuvres, Montréal : Bibliothèque paroissiale, 1879.
  • Mr. E. Picard prêtre de Saint-Sulpice, E. Sénécal, 1886.
  • Colbert et le Canada, Saint-Cloud : Vve E. Belin et fils, 1889.
  • M. Flavien Martineau, prêtre de St. Sulpice : esquisse biographique, Montréal : Impr. de J. Lovell, 1889.
  • Cours d'archéologie : les Indes, l'Egypte, l'Assyrie, la Palestine, Montréal : [s.n.], 1890.
  • Histoire du Chevalier d'Iberville, 1663-1706, Montréal : J.M. Valois, 1890.
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