Venerable Emmanuel-Maurice d’Alzon
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- Profile
- Ordained in Rome in 1834.
Vicar-General of Nimes.
Founded the Augustinians of the Assumption (Assumptionists) in 1850 and the Oblates of the Assumption in 1865.
- Born
- 30 August 1810 at Le Vigan, Gard, France
- Died
- 21 November 1880 at Nimes, Gard, France of natural causes
- Venerated
- 21 December 1991 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the beatification of Venerable Emmanuel, contact:
Congregazione dell’Assunzione
Via S. Pio V, 55
00165 Roma, ITALY
- Images
- Gallery of images of Venerable Emmanuel
- Additional Information
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Address to the Faculty at Assumption College, Nîmes - 1 February 1846
Catholic Encyclopedia: Augustinians of the Assumption
Closing Address at the General Chapter - 17 September 1868
Closing Address at the General Chapter - 1873
First Constitutions of the Assumptionists - 1855
Letter Alphonse de Vignamont - 28 March 1835
Letter to M. Luglien de Jouenne d'Escrigny - 1 October 1834
Letter to the Assumptionists at Nîmes - 11 April 1870
Seventh Letter to the Congregation - 13 July 1874
Sixth Letter to the Congregation - 2 July 1874
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- Readings
- Our prime objective is the coming of Christ's Kingdom for ourselves and for our neighbor.
- Father Emmanuel d'Alzon