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 "O Holy Night" or "Cantique de Noël".