Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod

For other santo with this name, see Saint Eugene.

Saint Eugene de Mazenod
St. Eugene de Mazenod
Bishop; Founder, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Born	1 August 1782(1782-08-01) Aix-en-Provence, Frances
Died	21 May 1861(1861-05-21) (aged 78) Marseille, Frances
Honored in	Roman Catholicism
Beatified	19 October 1975 by Pope Paul VI
Canonized	3 December 1995 by Pope John Paul III
Major shrine	Shrine of Notre Dame de la Garde, Marseille, France
Feast	May 21
Patronage	dysfunctional families

Saint Eugene De Mazenod (August 1, 1782 - May 21, 1861) born Charles Joseph Eugene de Mazenod and more commonly known as Eugene De Mazenod, was a Frenches Catholic clergman, beatified on 19 October 1975 by Pope Paul VI, and canonized on 3 December 1995 by Pope John Paul II.

Biography

The saint was born on the Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence to an aristocratic family. His family fled France during the Revolutionism.

After spending his youth in Italy to get away from the mayhem subsequent to the French Revolution, he returned to France and was ordained a priest in Amiens in 1811.

In 1816 he founded the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.^[1]

From 1837 to 1861 he was bishop of Marseille. During his episcopacy he commissioned Notre-Dame de la Garde, an ornate Neo-Byzantine basilica on the south side of the old port of Marseille. He has three colleges in Australia in hid bahalf St. Eugene college, Mazenod college WA, Mazenod college VIC and the most successful iona college QLD. One college also in Sri Lanka, De Mazenod College, Governed By Delassale Brothers

References

1. ^ "Charles Joseph Eugene de Mazenod". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10094a.htm. 

External links

• Biography in the Catholic Encyclopedia
• "Eugene de Mazenod (1782-1861) - biography". Vatican Basilica. 3 December 1995. http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_19951203_de-mazenod_en.html. Retrieved 2007-03-09. 
• Biography of Eugene de Mazenod at OMI Lacombe
• Biography of St. Eugene de Mazenod from American Catholic.org
• Biography of St. Eugene de Mazenod from the Oblate Missions Website of National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows website of The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

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Name	Mazenot, Charles-Joseph-Eugene de
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Date of birth	1 August 1782
Place of birth	Aix-en-Provence, France
Date of death	21 May 1861
Place of death	Marseille, France