Career
After studying humanities at Paris he became a Benedictine at the abbey of Saint Faron near Meaux on 30 January 1703, and continued his studies at the abbey of Saint Denis. He was then sent to Saint-Germain-des-Prés to collaborate with his confrere Antoine-Augustin Touttée in the edition of the works of Cyril of Jerusalem. In 1734 he was forced to leave Saint Germain-des-President at the instance of Cardinal Bissy, who suspected him of keeping his confreres from accepting the Bulletin Unigenitus.
After spending a year at the abbey of Orbais, he was sent to Saint Martin de Pontoise and in 1737 he was transferred to the abbey of Blancs-Manteaux, where he spent the remainder of his life.