Born at Monestier-de-Clermont (Isère), October 9, 1841.
Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier, August 7, 1859.
Oblation at Notre-Dame de l’Osier, August 15, 1860. (no. 524)
Died at Notre-Dame de Lumières, August 16, 1862.

Gustave Perrénot was born at Monestier-de-Clermont in the diocese of Grenoble on October 9, 1841. While still a child, he got to know the Oblates of Notre-Dame de l’Osier. The Congregation paid for his secondary studies at the Holy Family institute in Bordeaux. On August 7, 1859, he began his novitiate at Notre-Dame de l’Osier where he made his oblation on August 15, 1860. At the novitiate, Father Vandenberghe wrote in his notes that this novice was one of the most meticulous: “strong prayer life, virtuous, compliant.” He did well in his studies but seemed a bit haughty in his external deportment. At Montolivet in 1860-1861, Father Mouchette, the moderator of scholastics, always spoke of him as being good and regular in his observance, but, in May of 1861, added: “This young man has always been held in high regard. I find him uncommunicative, trembling before authority figures, ill at ease, with an affected gravity which often smacks of indifference or of scorn.”

This attitude can, no doubt, be explained because of his illness. At the beginning of 1862, he was sent to Notre-Dame de Lumières to take some rest. On June 7, he wrote to Father Fabre that “his left lung is completely paralyzed and his right lung has been damaged.” He died on August 16, 1862 at 21 years of age. On August 18, the moderator of scholastics wrote to Father Fabre: “I can only tell you of the grief that I feel at the loss of this dear Oblate. We saw in him promise of the brightest hopes with regard to his learning and his virtue. He especially stood out for his courage and his energy. That was how he succeeded in concealing the pain which was secretly undermining his health and which he even concealed from himself. His prayer life, although less apparent, was nonetheless sincere and generous. He wanted what was right; he aspired to it with all the strength of his desires…”

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