Venerable Emmanuel-Maurice d’Alzon

Profile

Ordained in Rome, Italy in 1834. Vicar-General of Nimes, France. 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 (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• if you have information relevant to the beatification of Venerable Emmanuel, contact
     Congregazione dell’Assunzione
     Via S. Pio V, 55
     00165 Roma, ITALY

Additional Information

• 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

Readings

Our prime objective is the coming of Christ’s Kingdom for ourselves and for our neighbor. - Father Emmanuel d’Alzon

MLA Citation

• “Venerable Emmanuel-Maurice d’Alzon“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 February 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>