Job an Irien
Job an Irien | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joseph Irien 15 October 1937 |
| Died | 2 February 2025 (aged 87) |
| Education | Landévennec Abbey |
| Occupations | Writer Priest |
Joseph Irien (15 October 1937 â 2 February 2025), better known by the pen name Job an Irien, was a French writer and Roman Catholic priest.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Born in Bodilis on 15 October 1937, Irien completed his secondary studies at the CollÚge du Kreisker in Saint-Pol-de-Léon. From 1967 to 1982, he was a chaplain at the Lycée à l'Harteloire in Brest.[2] In 1962, he was ordained in Pont-Croix after spending two years in meditation at Landévennec Abbey.[3] In 1965, he began to celebrate masses in French, Breton, and Latin.[4]
Irien taught the Breton language to children, serving as the chaplain of Bleun-Brug until 1982.[5] In 1984, he founded a Breton spiritual center alongside Francis Barbu and François-Mathurin GourvÚs.[6] In 1997, he published a missal in the Breton language under the authority of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quimper.[7] Throughout his career, he published controversial articles discussing the inclusion of married men, women, and homosexuality in the Catholic Church, as well as the historical desire of the French state to de-Bretonize the region.[8]
Job an Irien died on 2 February 2025, at the age of 87.[9]
Publications
[edit]Spirituality and history
[edit]- Itron Varia ar Folgoet. Ar la recherche de la vérité sur Notre Dame du Folgoët (1989)
- Eun dornad komzou evid pedi. Une poignée de mots pour prier (1990)
- Jalons pour une Spiritualité bretonne et celtique chrétienne. Evid eur Speredelez breizad ha keltieg kristen (1993)
- Iwerzon. Irlande (1994)
- En hent. PĂšlerins (1995)
- Douar Santel. Terre Sainte (1998)
- Sanctuaires en FinistĂšre. Pardoniou braz (2006)
- Rumengol, 1858-2008 (2008)
- War roudou tadou or feiz e Hanternoz Bro-Gembre. Sur les traces de nos pĂšres dans la foi au nord du Pays de Galles (2013)
- Eur vuhez nevez : Ar vadeziant. Une vie nouvelle : le baptĂȘme (2014)
- Kleñvejou-red e Penn-ar-Bed. ĂpidĂ©mies en FinistĂšre (2020)
Chronicles
[edit]- Soubenn an tri zraig (1995)
- Araog poueza butun (1997)
- Dour ar feunteun (1998)
- Heñchou nevez (1999)
- Gwenn ha du hag a beb liou (2000)
- Etre deiz ha noz (2002)
- Or bed o trei (2003)
- Soñjou diwar vond. Réflexions au fil du temps (2006)
- Deiz goude deiz. Chroniques dâun jour Ă lâautre (2008)
- Eonenn an deiziou ha blaz ar vuez. LâĂ©cume des jours et la saveur de la vie (2010)
- Soñjou koz... ha nevez. RĂ©flexions dâhier et dâaujourdâhui (2011)
- Ar vuez eo... ha Douar Santel 2012 (2012)
- Dour ha skĂȘrijenn. Eau et lumiĂšre (2013)
- Eur wenojenn. Un sentier (2014)
- Bannou Heol. Rayons de soleil (2015)
- Vel eun dornad bleuniou. Une poignée de fleurs (2016)
- Perlez an mintin. Les perles du matin (2017)
- Dibab ar vuez. Choisis la vie (2018)
- Blaz an deiziou. La saveur des jours (2020)
- Pennadou 2020. Chroniques 2020 (2020)
- Pennadou 2021. Chroniques 2021 (2021)
- Pennadou 2022. Chroniques 2022 (2022)
Play
[edit]- Saint Paul Aurélien. Du pays de Galles à Ouessant. Sant Paol Aorelian, euz Bro-Gembre da Enez-Eusa (1991)
Musicals
[edit]- Ar Marh dall (1979)
- Ar Missa Keltia (1982)
- War varh dâar mor (1987)
- Kan evid ar peoh. Cantate pour la Paix (1989)
- Kalon ar bed. Le cĆur du monde (2000)
Distinction
[edit]- Order of the Ermine (2007)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Tanguy, Pierre (4 February 2025). "Le dĂ©cĂšs de Job An Irien, prĂȘtre et militant de la langue bretonne". Bretagne Actuelle (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "La grùce d'une cathédrale". Le Livre chez Vous (in French).
- ^ Gain, Matthieu (30 October 2017). "Job an Irien, un prĂȘtre Ă part". Actu.fr (in French). TrĂ©flĂ©vĂ©nez. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Job an Irien. «Le breton est immortel»". Le Télégramme (in French). 27 October 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ a b Caouissin, Eflamm (30 October 2012). "Job an Irien, la langue bretonne et la foi". Ar Gedour Mag (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ Schmidt, Pierre (26 July 2007). "Entretien. P. Job An Irien, prĂȘtre du diocĂšse de Quimper et LĂ©on, et prĂ©sident du « Minihi Levenez » : « Le pĂšlerinage circulaire est une vieille tradition celtique »". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Tréflévénez. Job an Irien, défenseur du breton et de l'église". Ouest-France (in French). Tréflévénez. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Le breton à l'église ? Job an Irien conseille". Le Télégramme (in French). 22 September 2007. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ Caouissin, Eflaimm (2 February 2025). "Aet eo Job an Irien d'an Anaon". Ar Gedour Mag (in Breton). Retrieved 21 February 2025.