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Alexandre de Rhodes, SJ (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ də ʁɔd]; 15 March 1593 [1] – 5 November 1660), also Đắc Lộ was an Avignonese Jesuit missionary and lexicographer who had a lasting impact on Christianity in Vietnam.
15th-century French Roman Catholic priests (2 C, 9 P) 16th-century French Roman Catholic priests (3 C, 15 P) 17th-century French Roman Catholic priests (3 C, 86 P)
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Alexandre Toé, French/African priest; Alcide de Gasperi, Hungarian priest; Andrey Sheptytsky, Metropolitan archbishop; Annalena Tonelli, religious spokesperson; Anne de Guigné, Child of God
In 1655, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. Allouez arrived in Quebec in 1658 and immediately began a study of the Wyandot and Anishinaabe languages to prepare himself for work as a missionary among the American Indian tribes along the St. Lawrence River. [2] In 1660 he became the superior of the mission at Trois-Rivières ...
René Ouvrard (1624–1694) was a French priest, writer and composer. Ouvrard was born in Chinon. He received orders and became kapellmeister of the cathedral of Bordeaux, Narbonne and the Sainte-Chapelle of Paris, then he was a canon in Tours. He became a priest in 1682. [1] He died in Tours.
Jean Meslier (French:; also Mellier; 15 June 1664 [1] – 17 June 1729) was a French Catholic priest who was discovered, upon his death, to have written a book-length philosophical essay promoting atheism and materialism. Described by the author as his "testament" to his parishioners, the text criticizes and denounces all religions.
Nicolas Roland was born in the small town of Baslieux-les-Reims in the ancient province of Champagne, [1] 9 kilometers away from Reims, son of Jean-Baptist Roland (1611–1673), Commissioner for wars and old cloth merchant.