Founder of St Vincent de Paul Society; devoted to the poor

Bl. Frederic Ozanam

                                 

Bl. Frederic Ozanam

 

Feastday: September 9
1813 - 1853
Beatified By: August 22, 1997, Notre Dame de Paris by Pope John Paul II

Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam (Milan, April 23, 1813 - Marseille, September 8, 1853) was a French scholar. He founded with fellow students the Conference of Charity, later known as the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in the cathedral church Notre Dame de Paris in 1997.