Sunday, September 8, 2019

He founded St Vincent de Paul Societies to serve the poor

Bl. Frederic Ozanam
Image of Bl. Frederic Ozanam

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.

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