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1813
23 April |
Born at Milan, Italy, the fifth
child of fourteen children (and one of three to
survive into adulthood), to Marie Nantes and Jean
Antoine Ozanam, a physician |
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1815 |
The Ozanam family returned to
their native city of Lyons, France |
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1819 |
Contracted a severe case of
typhus |
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1820 |
Death of Frederic's elder sister,
Elsie, who had tutored him at home |
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1821
8 April |
Began formal scholastic education
at the Royal College |
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1829 |
Studied a course of philosophy
which led to inner turmoil because of doubts against
faith through which his mentor and spsiritual guide,
Abb≠ Noirot guided him |
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1831 |
Yielding to his father's wishes,
Frederic began an apprenticeship with a local
attorney, M. Coulet but continued to write and study
languages |
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1831
Spring |
Published work "Reflections of
the Doctrine of Saint Simon" in defense against a
false social teaching against the Roman Catholic faith
which ws then attracting many young people. Helped
organized and write for the Propagation of the Faith
which had begun in Lyons. |
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1831
November |
According to his father's wishes,
went to Paris to study law at the Sorbonne where he
found the climate hostile to Christian believers.
There he encountered the great Catholic minds of the
day who influenced him greatly: Chateaubriand,
Montalembert, Lacordaire, Ballanche, and Amp…re with
whom he boarded for a time. J. Emmanuel Baily, an
older ex-professor, became his mentor, in esxamining
the social teachings of the gospel in a discussion
setting called the Conference of History. |
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1833 |
Challenged by Jean Broet to
demonstrate how the Church or the Conference of
History ministered among the poor and oppressed,
Ozanam responded: "Let us go to the poor!" |
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1833 |
Introduced to Sister Rosalie
Rendu, D.C., age 46, through M. Bailly who had sent
Frederic and members of his history conference to gain
experience about the needs of persons oppressed by
poverty |
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1833
23 April |
Seven of the members of the
Conference of History met and decided to engage in
parctical works of charity for the poor, forming the
Confernece of Charity. |
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1833
May |
First meeting of the Conference
of Charity, which became the Saint Vincent de Paul
Society |
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1834 |
Passed the bar exam and returned
to Lyons for the holidays |
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1834
4 February |
Renamed the Conference of Charity
as the Conference of Saint Vincent de Paul |
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1835 |
Received his first degree in
Literature from the Sorbonne |
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1835
January |
Struggled in resistance to a law
career; soon writes his famous passage about a Good
Samaritan |
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1835
24 February |
Expansion of the Society of Saint
Vincent de Paul and its division into sections |
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1835
8 December |
Conference of Charity officially
assumed the title of Society of St. Vincent de Paul,
with the formalization of itss rules and purposes.
Publication of rule of the Society of Saint Vincent de
Paul by M. Bailly, its president |
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1836 |
First conference established in
Italy; received a Doctorate in Law from the Sorbonne |
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1837 |
Death of his father,
Jean-Antoine-FranOmegaois Ozanam |
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1839 |
Awarded Doctorate in Literature
from the Sorbonne for which he submitted a brilliant
thesis on Dante which revolutionized critical work on
the poet |
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1839 |
Death of his mother, Marie Nantes
Ozanam; assumed the first chair profesor in commercial
law at the University of Lyons |
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1840 |
Abandons legal career for
academia. Passed the qualifying exam for the Chair of
Foreign Literature at Lyons in first place but
accepted an offer to be a subsititute professor in
Foreign Language at the Sorbonne |
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1841
23 June |
Married Amélie Josephine
Soulacroix |
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1842 |
Actively involved with the
Society of the Propagation of the Faith as editor of
its Annals and as a negotiator between its Paris and
Lyons councils with the government on the Church's
behalf |
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1843 |
Achiveved rank of full professor
at the Sorbonne |
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1844 |
Received Chair of Foreign
Literatures in his own right at the Sorbonne |
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1845
7 August |
Birth of only child, Marie |
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1847 |
Visited Italy and was present for
the inauguration of Pope Pius IX and enjoyed a private
papal audience on 7 February |
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1848 |
Served briefly and reluctantly
with the National Guard in France during the
Revolution of 1848; initiation of The New Era
newspaper; candidate for the national legislature |
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1849 |
Pupblicaiton of Civilization in
the Fifth Century |
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1851 |
Health beginning to deteriorate |
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1852 April |
Gives final lecture at the
Sorbonne and soon relinquishes professorial
responsibilities |
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1852 2 December |
Makes a pilgrimage to Pouy,
birthplace of Vincent de Paul |
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1853 |
Moved to seaside cottage near
Leghorn, Italy because of failing health |
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1853
8 September |
Returned to France and died at
Marseilles on the birthday of his mentor, Sister
Rosalie Rendu, DC, and was buried in the crypt of the
Église des Carmes, near the Institut Catholique in
Paris |
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1925 10 June |
First formal step for
beatification taken. Beginning of the ordinary process
of his Cause for Canonization |
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1949 11 November |
Decree of approval of writings |
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1954 12 January |
Pope Pius XII signed the decree
of Introduction of the Cause earning Frederic the
official title "Servant of God" |
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1993 6 July |
Decree of Heroicity of Virtues by
Pope John Paul II |
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1997
23 August |
Beatification by Pope John Paul
II set for Paris in conjunction with World Youth Day
August 21-24 |
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