Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé

Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé
Abbot of La Trappe Abbey
Portrait of Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé
Appointed1636 (commendatory)
1664 (regular)
Orders
Ordination1651
by Victor Le Bouthillier
RankPriest
Personal details
Born(1626-01-09)9 January 1626
Died27 October 1700(1700-10-27) (aged 74)
Soligny-la-Trappe, Kingdom of France
DenominationCatholic Church
ResidenceLa Trappe Abbey
ParentsDenis Bouthillier (father)
OccupationAbbot
ProfessionTrappist
EducationDoctor of Sacred Theology, 1654

Armand Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé (9 January 1626, Paris  27 October 1700, Soligny-la-Trappe) was a French abbot of La Trappe Abbey, a controversialist author, and a founding father of the Trappists.