BIGNON, JEROME 0589-1656), French lawyer, made his reputation by his Chorographie ou description de la Terre Sainte, (I600). Henry IV. made him tutor to the dauphin (Louis XIII.), under whose reign he held important legal offices. His other prin cipal works were Traite sommaire de l'election du pape (16o5), and an edition of the Formulae of the jurist Marculfe.