Adolphe Perraud
Adolphe-Louis-Albert Cardinal Perraud COI (born February 7, 1828 in Lyon , † February 18, 1906 in Autun ) was a French historian , university professor , oratorian and clergyman.
Life
Perraud studied history at the École normal supérieure in Lyon, entered the French oratorio newly founded by Gratry in 1852 and was ordained a priest in June 1854 . After that he was a spiritual at the small seminary of Coutance. From 1866 he taught rhetoric and church history at the Sorbonne .
In 1874 he became Bishop of Autun . He was ordained bishop by Cardinal Joseph Hippolyte Guibert , Archbishop of Paris, whose funeral mass he read years later. Pope Leo XIII. took him up on January 16, 1893 in the College of Cardinals , which was announced on November 29, 1895. In 1896 the Pope appointed Perraud cardinal priest of the titular church of San Pietro in Vincoli . After the death of Leo XIII. he took part in the conclave of 1903 , in which Pius X was elected. After the accident in Montceau-les-Mines , in which 20 miners were killed, Cardinal Perraud read the funeral mass for the deceased.
He completed his training at the École normal supérieure . He headed the Congregation of the French Oratory from 1884 to 1901 as Vicar General .
Adolphe Cardinal Perraud died in Autun in 1906 at the age of 78 .
Awards
Perraud was elected to a member of the Académie française on June 8, 1882 . He succeeded the late Henri-Auguste Barbier , who proposed Perraud as his successor on his deathbed.
Works
- Etudes sur l'Irlande contemporaine . 2 volumes. - Paris: Douniol, 1862
- L'Oratoire de France au XVIIe siècle . - Paris: Douniol, 1865
- Paroles de l'heure présente, 1870 et 1871 (1872)
- Le Cardinal de Richelieu (1872)
Web links
- Perraud, Adolphe. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 30, 2013.
- Entry on Adolphe Perraud on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Biography in the "Catholic Encyclopedia" of the "New Advent" (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perraud, Adolphe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Perraud, Adolphe Louis Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1906 |
| Place of death | Autun |