And on Friday, founder of the St. Vincent de Paul Society; namesake for Ozanam Inn in New Orleans who ministers to the poor

Bl. Frederic Ozanam

Facts

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

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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.