Francois, b. 7 September, 1654, at Lambesc in Provence; d. 21 January, 1721, at Orange. After studying with the Oratorians at Toulon, he became a Conventual Franciscan, was three times provincial, and assisted his uncle in the correction of the “Annales” of Baronius: Besides editing the “Critica” of his uncle he wrote a history of the popes up to the year 1447: ‘ Breviarium historico-chronologico-criticum illustriora Pontificum romanorum gesta, conciliorum generalium acta . . . complectens” (4 vols., Antwerp, 1717-27). The history was continued in two volumes by his nephew, Antoine Pagi, the Younger (Antwerp, 1748-53).
Mémoires de Trévoux (Trévoux, 1711), 1512-39, 1903-31; (1712) 273-291; (1717), 1939-67; Apparatus in Annales Baronit, p. xvii; Bibliotheque ancienne et moderne, VII, 119-200; XXVIII, 211-228; Journal des Savants, LXII, 189-198; LXV, 274-280.
Michael Ott.