Louis Billot

The Reverend Father

Louis Billot

S.J.
Priest of the Society of Jesus
Other post(s)Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1911–1927)
Orders
Ordination22 May 1869
Created cardinal27 November 1911
by Pope Pius X
Personal details
Born(1846-01-12)12 January 1846
Sierck-les-Bains, Moselle, Kingdom of France
Died18 December 1931(1931-12-18) (aged 85)
Ariccia, Latium,
Kingdom of Italy
NationalityFrench
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of arms

Louis Billot (12 January 1846 in Sierck-les-Bains, Moselle, France – 18 December 1931 in Ariccia, Latium, Italy) was a French Jesuit priest and theologian. He became a cardinal in 1911 and resigned from that status in 1927, the only person to do so in the twentieth century. While largely unknown in the modern age, he was nonetheless considered "the most important Thomistic speculative theologian of the late nineteenth century."

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