- Henri Perreyve
Henri Perreyve (born at Paris,
11 April 1831 ; died there18 June 1865 ) was a FrenchOratorian priest. He was one of the small group who restored the Oratory in France.Life
His father was professor at the Faculté de Droit. He received his classical education at the
Collège Saint-Louis . According to his father's wish he studied law, but having finished his legal course he studied philosophy and theology.He then became closely united with Charles and
Adolphe Perraud . WithAuguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry , and under the guidance ofFather Pététol , they began the restoration of the Oratory.He was ordained priest in 1858, appointed chaplain to the
Lycée Saint-Louis in 1860, and one year later was called to the professorship of ecclesiastical history at theSorbonne . For some time he was forced by illness to abandon his lectures.He was an influential figure, and linked by friendship with the Catholic leaders of the time in France:
Ozanam ,Montalembert ,Cochin , and especiallyJean-Baptiste-Henri Lacordaire .Works
Among his works were:
*"De la critique des Evangiles" (Paris, 1859);
*"Entretiens sur l'Eglise catholique" (2 vols., Paris, 1901);
*"La Journée des malades" (Paris, 1908);
*"Biographies et panégyriques" (Paris, 1907);
*"Souvenirs de première communion" (Paris, 1899);
*"Sermons" (Paris, 1901);
*"Deux roses et deux Noëls" (Paris, 1907);
*"Méditations sur l'Evangile de Saint Jean" (Paris, 1907);
* "Méditations sur les saints ordres" (Paris, 1901).Some of his letters have also been published in book form.
References
*
Gratry , "Henri Perreyve" (London, 1872);
*Bernard, "Les derniers jours de l'abbé Perreyve"
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