DIDON, HENRI (184o–igloo), French Dominican, was born at Trouvet, Isere, on March 17,184o. Joining the Dominicans in 1858, he completed his theological studies at the Minerva con vent at Rome. His brilliant preaching career began on his return to Paris in 1868. He concentrated on the relations between relig ion and science, and social problems, especially divorce. His dis putes with the secular press led his superiors to interdict him from preaching and send him to the convent of Corbara in Cor sica, whence he visited Palestine and also the German universities. In 1892 he returned to France, becoming director of the College Albert-le-Grand at Arcueil, and founding three auxiliary institu tions, Ecole Lacordaire, Ecole Laplace and Ecole St. Dominique. He wrote several works on educational questions, an often-trans lated Life of Christ (Paris, r89o), and Les Allemands (Eng. trans. 1884). His Spiritual Letters have been translated by A. G. Nash (London, i906). He died at Toulouse on March 13, i9oo.
See the biographies by J. de Romano (i891) and A. de Coulanges (19oo) ; and especially Stanislas Reynaud, Le Pere Didon, sa vie et son oeuvre (1904)•