Introduction

Biography

Jules was the son of Da­vid-Fréd­ér­ic Ami­guet and Char­lotte Ri­chon.

He gra­du­ated with hon­ors from the Fa­cul­ty of Theo­lo­gy in Lau­sanne in 1888, and was or­dained that year.

He served as suf­fra­gan at Su­chy (1888); and pas­tor at Che­salles-sur-Mou­don (1889); Pam­pig­ny (1893); and Ouc­hy, Lau­sanne (1909).

With the help of a do­na­tion from Mar­gue­rite de Loys-Chan­dieu, he built the tem­ple of Saint-Jean de Court (1912–13), de­co­rat­ed with fres­coes by Lou­is Ri­vier.

Works

• Ma Jeu­nesse, Poé­sies (F. Payot, 1892)
• Eglise, Hu­ma­ni­té—Poé­sies et Can­tiques, 1920
• Sincérité, with War­wick Deep­ing & Pi­erre d’Her­mance, 1942
• Un Sa­cri­fice: Nou­velle