Historical Dictionary

• AA

  The Aa (Assembly of Associates or Association of Friends) was founded en 1632 at the Jesuit College […]

• Abric, Auguste

  Born at Lapaillette (?) (Drome), December 29, 1826. Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier, July […]

• Adam, Jean-Baptiste Julien

  First vows: September 8, 1925. Priestly ordination: July 13, 1930, in Liege. Death: January 7, 1979, in Erps-Kwerps. Born in […]

• Adinolfi, Archpriest

  Monsignor Adinolfi was the vice-secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Religious when Father de Mazenod arrived […]

• Advanced Courses – Advanced Studies

  In the writings of the Founder and of Oblates who were his contemporaries, there is often enough […]

• Agualeguas, Mexico

  See: Brownsville.

• Ailhaud, Marius Jean-Baptiste

  Born in Marseilles, March 15, 1807. Taking of the habit, Saint-Just, April 25, 1829. Oblation in Marseilles, June 7, […]

• Aix, Boisgelin Mansion

  The Boisgelin mansion is situated on Saint-Sauveur or Quatre-Dauphins square. This grand mansion borders on Mazarin Square […]

• Aix, Church of La Madeleine

  The site of the old church of St. Mary Magdelene is but a short distance both from […]

• Aix, Church of the Mission

  See: Aix, Oblate House.

• Aix, Cours Mirabeau

  Mirabeau avenue is the main artery of the city of Aix-en-Provence. It was Archbishop Michel Mazarin, the […]

• AIX, el Enclos (El cerco)

• Aix, Joannis Home

  Upon her return from exile in 1797, Mrs. de Mazenod came to live with her mother at […]

• Aix, l’Enclos

  At one time, it was a rural property on the road to Avignon. Now, it is has […]

• Aix, Major Seminary

  The seminary of Aix was founded about 1583 by Archbishop Canigiani, a few years after the decree […]

• Aix, Mazenod Mansion

  The Mazenod mansion on Mirabeau avenue in Aix was built towards the end of the 17th century […]

• Aix, Oblate House (from 1815 on)

  The house where the Congregation was founded has remained a pilgrimage centre for the Oblates of the […]

• Aix, Prison

  After his return to France in 1802, Eugene joined a charitable organization that aimed to help prisoners. […]

• Aix, Rural Holdings of the de Mazenods

  A rural holding of a little more than sixteen hectares: Two farms made up of farm buildings […]

• Aix, Saint-Sauveur Cathedral

  The cathedral of Saint-Sauveur in Aix is a gothic structure built in the middle ages (13th and […]