Jean-Jacques Olier
Jean-Jacques Olier (born September 20, 1608 in Paris , France ; † April 2, 1657 ibid) was a French Catholic priest and founder of the Congregation of Sulpizians and the St. Sulpice Seminary in Paris. He is considered a great innovator of religious life in 17th century France.
Life
Before he became a priest, Jean-Jacques Olier took part in the popular missions of the Lazarists , the founder of which, Saint Vincent de Paul , was his confessor. On March 21, 1633 he was ordained a priest . In 1634 I met Agnes von Langeac . He then continued his missionary work in Paris, among other places. Through Charles de Condren , successor to Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle as superior general of the French oratorio , he got to know the École française de spiritualité (German: "French School of Spirituality ( Ascese )"). On June 25, 1642, he received the parish of Saint Sulpice in Paris and moved there a seminary that was being founded . This seminary, which he led for ten years, became one of the religious centers of France in the spirit of the École française . Olier founded further seminaries and finally the Congregation of the Sulpizians , which was confirmed on August 10, 1664 by Pope Alexander VII . In 1657, Olier sent Sulpizians to Montreal ( Canada ) for a foundation there.
A beatification process has been pending in Rome since 1901 .
Works
- Vie intérieure de la Très Sainte Vierge Marie (also available online )
- La Journée Chrétienne . Paris 1655
- The catéchisme chrétien pour la vie interrieure . Paris 1650 and 1656
- Introduction à la vie et aux vertus chrétiennes . Paris 1657
- Le Traité des saints ordres . Paris 1676
- Lettres . Paris 1672
- Le Catéchisme des enfants de la paroisse Saint-Sulpice (With other Sulpizians)
- Pietas Seminarii S. Sulpitii
- L'Esprit des cérémonies de la messe
- L'Ame cristal. The divins en nous attribute
- De la creation du monde à la vie divine
literature
- Friedhelm Jürgensmeier: Olier, Jean-Jacques. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 1202-1204.
- Vie de M. Olier, fondateur du séminaire de S.-Sulpice, accompagnée de notices sur un grand nombre de personnages contemporains. Librairie de Mme Vve Poussielgue-Rusand, 2 vols. Paris 1853.
- Marius Lepin: L'idée du sacrifice dans la religion Chrétienne: principalement d'aprés le père de Condren et Monsieur Olier. Delhomme et Briguet, Paris, 1897.
- Eugene A Walsh: The priesthood in the writings of the French school: Bérulle, de Condren, Olier. The Catholic University of America Press, Washington 1949.
- Paul H. Schmidt: Jean-Jacques Olier: A life for the renewal and sanctification of the priesthood. Hauteville (Switzerland), Parvis 1990, ISBN 3907523202 .
- Gilles Chaillot: Prier à Saint-Sulpice avec Jean-Jacques Olier. Desclée de Brouwer, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-220-03636-7 .
Web links
- John Francis Fenlon: Jean-Jacques Olier . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 11, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1911.
- Short biography (German)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Olier, Jean-Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Catholic clergyman and founder of the order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1608 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1657 |
| Place of death | Paris |