Friday, September 8, 2023

Namesake of our own Ozanam Inn founded SVDP Society

 

Bl. Frederic Ozanam

Feastday: September 9
Birth: 1813
Death: 1853
Beatified: 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.

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