St. Peter Julian Eymard
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1811-1868, Founder. Born in LaMure, France, he worked at his father's trade as cutler until eighteen when he went to the seminary at Grenoble and was ordained in 1834. He served as a parish priest for several years then joined the Marists and in 1845 became their provincial at Lyons. He established the Sevants of the Blessed Sacrament whose nuns devoted themselves to perpetual adoration.
>>>I grew up in a parish in New Orleans named for St. Eymard. From grammar school thru the baptism of my 1st child, my parish was named for him. Sadly, it was closed down post Hurricane Katrina.
>>>I grew up in a parish in New Orleans named for St. Eymard. From grammar school thru the baptism of my 1st child, my parish was named for him. Sadly, it was closed down post Hurricane Katrina.
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