Carayon, Augu.ste, French author and bibliographer, b. in Saumur, France, 31 March, 1813; d. at Poitiers, 15 May, 1874. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1848, and was at various times librarian and procurator. He edited many historical works between 1864 and 1874, and is considered a leading authority upon the history of his order, especially in New France. His principal works are: “Bibliographie historique de la Compagnie de Jésus (Paris, 1864); “Documents inédits concernant la Compagnie de Jésus” (Poitiers, 1863-1874, 18 vols.) ; “Premiére mission des Jésuites au Canada” (Paris, 1864); “Bannissement des Jésuites de la Louisiane” (1865); “Etablissment de la Compagnie de Jésus a Brest par Louis XIV” (Paris, 1865); “Les prisons du Marquis de Pombal” (1865); “Notes historiques sur les parlements et les Jésuites au XVIII® siécle” (Paris, 1867). Carayon is also the author of several devotional treatises published between 1854 and 1863.
Sommervogel, Bibl. de la c. de J., II, 714-718; Thwaites, Jesuit Relations (Cleveland, 1896-1901), I, 311.
Edward P. Spillane.