Jean-Marie de Lamennais
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The Very Rev. Canon Jean-Marie-Robert de Lamennais Venerable |
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| Religious founder | |
| Other posts | Vicar General of the Dioceses of Rennes, Saint-Brieuc and New York |
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| Ordination | 4 May 1804 by Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie de Maille |
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| Born |
8 September 1780 Saint-Malo, Brittany, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 26 December 1860 (aged 80) Ploërmel, Morbihan, France |
| Buried | Motherhouse of the Brothers of Christian Instruction, Ploërmel, Morbihan, France |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Robert de la Mennais & Marie des Saudrais |
| Sainthood | |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Title as Saint | Venerable |
The Very Rev. Canon Jean-Marie-Robert de Lamennais (or de la Mennais) (1780-1860) was a Breton Catholic priest, and brother of the noted philosopher Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, whom he influenced in their youth. He was a leading figure in the revival of the Catholic Church in France after the French Revolution, involved in founding three religious institutes as part of this effort.
Pope Paul VI proclaimed him to be Venerable in 1966 and his cause of canonization is ongoing.
Lamennais was born at Saint-Malo, then in the ancient Province of Brittany, on 8 September 1780, the son of Robert de Lamennais, a wealthy merchant who had recently received a coat of arms from the king, and Marie des Saudrais. He and his younger brother lost their mother at the age of five and, as a result, they were sent for education to an uncle, Robert des Saudrais, at La Chênaie, an estate near Saint-Malo.
During the period of the Revolution, the family sheltered non-juring priests who would lead Mass secretly in their home in the middle of the night. Jean-Marie began to express an interest in priesthood. In October 1790 he made his First Communion and received Confirmation from Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny, the last Bishop of Saint-Malo, who went into exile the following May. The Reign of Terror came to Brittany in December 1793. Their father Robert was arrested and barely escaped the guillotine.
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