CHARLES-JOSEPH-EUGENE DE MAZENOD

'Saint Eugene de Mazenod' (August 1 1782-May 21 1861) commonly known as 'Eugene de Mazenod', was a French Catholic clergyman, canonised by Pope John Paul II in 1995.

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Biography

After spending his youth in Italy to get away from the mayhem subsequent to the French Revolution, he returned to France and was made a priest in Amiens in 1811.
In 1816 he founded the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
From 1837 to 1861 he was bishop of Marseille. During his episcopacy he commissioned Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, an ornate Neo-Byzantine basilica on the south side of the old port of Marseille.
He was beatified on 19 October 1975 by Pope Paul VI, and canonized on 3 December 1995 by Pope John Paul II.

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★ Biography in the Catholic Encyclopedia

★ Eugene de Mazenod (1782-1861) - biography