FLAVIGNY, Valerien, was born near Laon about the beginning of the 17 th century. Having studied in the college of Sorbonne, he received from it his doctor’s diploma in 1628, and shortly afterwards obtained a canonry in the cathedral of Rheims. In 1630 he became professor of Hebrew in the college of France. He died at Paris, 29th April 1674. The works of Flavigny are chiefly occupied with discussions regarding the Hebrew text of the Bible. His opinions acquired him for a time considerable celebrity, and engaged him in controversies with some of the doctors of the Sorbonne, But now possess scarcely any interest.

The following aro his principal treatises:— Epistola IV. de ingenti Bibliorum opere septemlingui, 1636; Epistolae duae in quibus de ingenti Bibliorum opere quod nupcr Lutetian Parisiorum prodiit &c., 1646; Epistola Illa { n q ua <q c Ubello Ruth Syriaco, quem Abr. Echellensis insertum esse voluit ingenti Bibliorum operi, 1647; Epistola adversus Abr. Echcllensem de libello Ruth, kc., 1648; Disquisitio Theologica, &c.„ 1666. He also published an edition of the works of William of Saint-Amour, a doctor of the 13th century.