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  • Naghten, John

    Born at Ennis, Ireland: February 1, 1824. Taking of the habit: Marseilles, October 31, 1840. Oblation at N.-D. de […]

  • Naghten, Michael

    Born: Ennis, Clare, Ireland: July 28, 1829. Took the habit: N.-D. de l’Osier, May 12, 1847. Vows: […]

  • Nancy (1847-1880)

    The Foundation At the March 12, 1845 session of the General Council, Father Henry Tempier spoke of […]

  • Nanon, Servant of the Mazenod Family

    The widow Anne Faraud, nicknamed Fat Nanon because of her plumpness, entered the service of the Mazenod […]

  • Napoleon I

    Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio on August 15, 1769, shortly after the cession of Corsica to […]

  • Napoleon III

    Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the third son of Louis, king of Holland and the queen Hortense de […]

  • Negombo, Sri Lanka

    The Western Province of Sri Lanka is now the most densely populated province of Sri Lanka. It […]

  • New Westminster, British Colombia, Canada, since 1860

    The mission of Saint Charles, at the mouth of the Fraser River, was founded in September 1860 […]

  • Newman, John Henry(1801-1890), Cardinal-Deacon of St. George in Velabro, Venerable

    Eugene de Mazenod had the highest regard for Newman, whom he met on his first visit to […]

  • Nicolas, Pierre Joseph

    Born at Bédarrides (Vaucluse), December 12, 1812 Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier, December 7, 1841 Oblation at […]

  • Nicolas, Yves

    Born: Sainte-Sève, Finistère, September 28, 1823 Taking of the habit: Nancy, April 30, 1858 Oblation: Vico, June […]

  • Nigros, Henri

    Born at Pont-d’Aubenas (Ardèche), May 17, 1834. Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier, May 20, 1856. Perpetual […]

  • Nîmes, Oblate House from 1825 to 1830

    Oblate House from 1825 to 1830 Shortly after arriving in Nîmes in 1821, Bishop C. F. M. […]

  • Noailles, Pierre, Bienvenu

    See: Sisters of the Holy Family of Bordeaux.

  • Noble, John

    Born in Dublin Ireland on 6 June 1823 Took the habit in N. D. de l’Osier on 21 November […]

  • Nolan, Peter

    Born in Mayne, Ireland on 24 February 1828 Ordained priest on 24 June 1853. Took the habit in Sicklinghall on […]

  • Norfolk, Henry Fitzalan Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey and 14th Duke of Norfolk (1815-1860), and his wife Augusta Mary Minna Catherine Lyons (1821-1886)

    This is the couple that entertained Eugene in London on his two visits there in 1850 and […]

  • North Temiscamingue (Eastern Canada Province)

    Oblate presence: 1897-1921. Geographic location: northwestern Quebec 1) As an introduction to this historical notice, it is […]

  • Notre-Dame De Bon Secours (1845-1994)

    Origins The legal deed establishing this Marian shrine, which is located in the department of Vivarais, is […]

  • Notre-Dame de Cléry (1854-1865)

    For a few years, Bishop Anthony Philibert Dupanloup, bishop of Orleans from 1849 to 1878 had been […]

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