RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Eugène de Mazenod

1782 - 1861

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Eugène de Mazenod, OMI (born Charles-Joseph-Eugène de Mazenod; 1 August 1782 – 21 May 1861) was a French aristocrat and Catholic bishop who founded the congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. When he was eight years old, Mazenod's family fled the French Revolution and left its considerable wealth behind. As refugees in Italy, they were poor and moved from place to place. He returned to France at the age of twenty and later became a priest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène de Mazenod is the 1,174th most popular religious figure (up from 1,557th in 2019), the 1,683rd most popular biography from France (up from 2,585th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Eugène de Mazenod ranks 1,174 out of 3,187. Before him are Jeanne Guyon, Shemon Bar Sabbae, Abo of Tiflis, 11th Dalai Lama, Rose of Viterbo, and Hugh of Cluny. After him are Henry, Caesarius of Arles, Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Jayadeva, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, and Yahdun-Lim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Eugène de Mazenod ranks 17. Before him are Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, Archduke John of Austria, William Miller, Vicente Guerrero, Wilhelm von Biela, and Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este. After him are Princess Marie of Baden, John C. Calhoun, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Julie Guicciardi, Marcellin Marbot, and Faustin Soulouque. Among people deceased in 1861, Eugène de Mazenod ranks 20. Before him are Eugène Scribe, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Elisha Otis, Henri Murger, and Lars Levi Laestadius. After him are Heinrich Marschner, Henry Gray, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Jonas Furrer, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, and Henri Mouhot.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène de Mazenod ranks 1,683 out of 6,770. Before him are Audrey Tautou (1976), Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (1654), Yolande of Valois (1434), Hugh of Cluny (1024), Roger Lemerre (1941), and Gersonides (1288). After him are Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777), Everard des Barres (1113), Elliott Erwitt (1928), Paul Gachet (1828), Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563), and Caesarius of Arles (470).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Eugène de Mazenod ranks 83. Before him are La Voisin (1640), Alberic of Cîteaux (1001), Louis of Toulouse (1274), Yves Congar (1904), Jeanne Guyon (1648), and Hugh of Cluny (1024). After him are Caesarius of Arles (470), Vincent of Lérins (400), Arnaud Amalric (1160), Henri de Lubac (1896), Adhemar of Le Puy (1055), and Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926).

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