Jean-Claude Colin
Jean-Claude Colin (born August 7, 1790 in Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy , France , † November 15, 1875 in La Neylière , Pomeys , canton of Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise ) was a priest and founder of the Marist Fathers .
Life
During his chaplaincy from 1816 to 1825 in Cerdon , he pursued the idea developed among his fellow students in the seminary to found a Society of Mary , which was founded in 1836 by Pope Gregory XVI. was recognized. From 1825 to 1829 he was a people's missionary in the Bugey and from 1829 to 1839 superior of the small seminary in Belley . He was superior general of the Marist Fathers from 1836 to 1854. In 1872 the final drafting of the rule of the order took place .
Web links
- Entry to Jean-Claude Colin on medals online
Footnotes
- ↑ Art. Marists . In: Georg Schwaiger (Hrsg.): Monasticism, orders, monasteries from the beginning to the present. A lexicon . CH Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-37314-3 , pp. 315-316.
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| SURNAME | Colin, Jean-Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Founder of the Marist Fathers |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1790 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1875 |
| Place of death | La Neylière |