Born at Liaucous (Aveyron), April 11, 1838.
Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier October 31, 1857.
Oblation at Montolivet, January 19, 1859. (no. 475)
Died at Montolivet, November 20, 1861.
Léon Dumas was born at Liaucous, a parish in the county (commune) of Mostuejouls in the diocese of Rodez on April 11, 1838. While he was in his last year of classical studies, he entered the novitiate of Notre-Dame de l’Osier on October 31, 1857 and made his oblation at Montolivet on January 19, 1859. Consistently, Father Vandenberghe, the master of novices, had only words of praise for him each month when he wrote a few words on each of the novices. “A child of great good sense and with a prayer life that is as solid as it is generous… very regular in his observance, very assiduous…, progessing from day to day in virtue and in knowledge, very discerning spirit…, model of regular observance and of virtue…, simple and upright heart…,” etc.
In September of 1858, Léon Dumas was sent to the scholasticate of Montolivet. Father Mouchette, moderator of the scholastics, always judged him in a positive light. For example, he wrote in his reports: “1859, this brother is still young; he is not yet mature, but he has very good dispositions, a great openness and much docility; 1860, always very much on the side of virtue… January 1861, of a great perfection even in the most minor details of the rule and rule of daily living; May 1861, excellent religious, but his health has weakened. He fears he may not be able to hold out until the end of the year.”
Indeed, Léon Dumas died at Montolivet on November 20, 1861. Under his name in the Personnel Registry of 1862-1863 they wrote: “An angel as to his prayer life, very fervent, a friend of God and of the Blessed Virgin. His intelligence was lucid, accurate and practical. He showed promise of becoming a genuine Oblate and apostle. He was harvested, or rather plucked, as a tender flower by the hand of God.”
Yvon Beaudoin, o.m.i.
