Abel-Anastase Germain

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Abel-Anastase Germain
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Abel-Anastase Germain (born April 1, 1833 in Saint-Sylvain , Département Calvados , † November 12, 1897 in Coutances ) was Bishop of Coutances.

Life

He attended the small seminary in Caen and studied theology in Bayeux . Ordained a priest in 1857, he became a clergyman at the Lyceum in Bayeux and in 1870 pastor of the cathedral (archpriest). Five years later, on November 19, 1875, appointed Bishop of Coutances by decree of the President of the Republic, he received papal confirmation on January 28, 1876, and was consecrated on March 19 in Bayeux Cathedral by Cardinal de Bonnechose .

Bishop Germain did his best to promote public worship in his diocese, such as pilgrimages and processions. He was also a gifted preacher who gave the funeral orations for many important churchmen of his time, including a. the Cardinals de Bonnechose and Guibert and the Bishops Hasley , Ducellier , Rousselet , Lecoq and Trégaro . He also opened the process of beatification of Maria Magdalena (Julie) Postel , the founder of the School Sisters, whose heroic degree of virtue was recognized during his episcopate.

The Pope distinguished Bishop Germain with the appointment of papal assistant throne and Roman count. He was also honorary canon of several dioceses, u. a. Autun, Bayeux, Besançon, Bordeaux, Nantes and Rennes.

He died of an infection in 1897.

Works

  • Saint Michel et Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Paris 1880 (with Pierre Marie Brin and Edouard Corroyer)
  • Oraison funèbre de Mgr. Hasley. Paris 1888
  • Oraison funèbre de M. l'abbé Menant, curé archiprêtre de Mortain. Mortain 1888
  • Panégyrique du BJB de La Salle. Coutances 1888.
  • Panégyrique de Saint Thomas a Aquin. Coutances 1891.

literature

  • L'Épiscopat français: Depuis le Concordat jusqu'à la Séparation (1802-1905). Paris: Librairie de Saints-Pères, 1907
  • Dictionnaire universel illustré de la France contemporaine. Paris: Boulanger, 1885
  • Nouvelle biography normande. Paris: Picard, 1886–1912
  • Dictionnaire universel des contemporains. Paris [et al.]: Hachette, 1893
personal data
SURNAME Germain, Abel anastasis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Coutances
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Sylvain , Calvados department , France
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1897
Place of death Coutances , Manche department , France