Marc Sangnier

Marc Sangnier (April 3 1873 Paris - May 28 1950 Paris) was a French Roman Catholic thinker and politician, who in 1894 founded le Sillon ("The Furrow"), a liberal Catholic movement. He aimed to bring Catholicism into a greater conformity with French Republican ideals and to provide an alternative to anticlerical labour movements. The movement was initially successful, but was eventually condemned by the Pope in the letter Notre charge apostolique in 1910. In 1912 Sangnier founded a replacement group, the League of the Young Republic to promote his vision of social Catholicism.

Sangnier founded a newspaper, La Démocratie, which campaigned for equality for women, proportional representation at elections, and for pacifism. He was also one of the pioneers of the French youth-hostelling movement. In 1928 he employed the 19 year old Émilien Amaury in his first job, from which he went on to found the Amaury publishing empire.^[1]

References

1. ^ Universalis Amaury E

External links

• Biography (in French)

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Name	Sangnier, Marc
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Date of birth	April 3, 1873
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Date of death	May 28, 1950
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