François Pagi
François Pagi was a French Franciscan historian of the Catholic Church.Life
Pagi was born at Lambesc in Provence.
After studying with the Oratorians at Toulon, he became a Conventual Franciscan, and was three times provincial. He died at Orange, France.Works
He assisted his uncle Antoine Pagi in the correction of the Annales Ecclesiastici of Baronius; and edited the Critica of his uncle. He wrote his own history of the popes up to the year 1447: Breviarium historico-chronologico-criticum illustriora Pontificum romanorum gesta, conciliorum generalium acta... complectens. The history was continued in two volumes by his nephew, Antoine Pagi the Younger.
