Placide Cappeau

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Placide Cappeau
Born	Placide Cappeau (1808-10-25)25 October 1808
Died	8 August 1877(1877-08-08) (aged 68)

Placide Cappeau (25 October 1808 – 8 August 1877) was a French poet and the author of the poem, "Minuit, chrétiens" (1847), set to music by Adolphe Adam and known in English as the carol "O Holy Night" or "Cantique de Noël".