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Placide Cappeau
French poet
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| Born | Placide Cappeau (1808-10-25)25 October 1808 |
| Died | 8 August 1877(1877-08-08) (aged 68) |
Placide Cappeau (25 October 1808 – 8 August 1877) was a French poet and the author of the poem, "Minuit, chrétiens" (1847), set to music by Adolphe Adam and known in English as the carol "O Holy Night" or "Cantique de Noël".
Biography
He was born on 25 October 1808 in Roquemaure (Gard). He was the son of Mathieu Cappeau, a cooper, and Agathe Louise (née Martinet). He was expected to follow his father in the family business (vinification and cooperage), but after an accident, he turned to the life of an academic.
While he was at play as an eight-year-old, his friend Brignon was handling a gun and shot Cappeau in the hand.
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Cappeau's hand was amputated. With the financial support of Brignon's father, who supplied half the tuition, Cappeau attended a town school and then the Collège Royal d'Avignon. There he wa