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Libermann, François-Marie-Paul, 1802-1852

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Personal name headingLibermann, François-Marie-Paul, 1802-1852
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Variant(s)Libermann, Francis, 1802-1852
Libermann, Francis Marie Paul, 1802-1852
Libermann, François, 1802-1852
Libermann, Jacob, 1802-1852
Libermann, Jaegel, 1802-1852
Associated countryFrance
Birth date1802-04-12
1804-04-12
1804-04-14
Death date1852-02-02
Place of birthSaverne (France)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityMissions--Africa Catholic Church--Missions
AffiliationSociety of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Holy Ghost Fathers
Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France)
Haute école israélite de Metz
Profession or occupationPriests Missionaries
Found inVan Kaam, A.L. A light to the Gentiles, c1985: CIP t.p. (Francis Libermann) chapter 1 (b. Jacob or Jaegel Libermann and changed his name upon conversion from Judaism to Catholicism)
LC data base 10/9/84 (hdgs.: Libermann, François Marie Paul, 1802-1852; Libermann, François Marie, 1802-1852; usage: François Libermann; François-Marie-Paul Libermann; Libermann)
Du judaïsme à l'apostolat des noirs, 1931: title page (Vénérable Père Libermann, 1804-1852) page following title page (François-Marie-Paul Libermann, 1804-1852) page 7 (born 12 April 1804 in the small city of Saverne, Vosges Bas-Rhinoises; future name Jacob; his father Lazare Libermann was a rabbi) page 10 (his father sent Jacob to the Haute École Israélite de Metz in 1822; secretly studied Latin, Greek, literature and philosophy) pages 16-17 (converted to Catholicism in 1826; admitted to the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice 1827) page 74 (died 2 February 1852)
CatholicSaints.Info, Venerable François-Marie-Paul Libermann, viewed January 16, 2020 (also known as Jacob Libermann; epileptic attacks interfered with his studies, extending his time in seminary; ordained 18 September 1841 in archdiocese of Paris; his association with creole seminarians led to a call to work with sub-Saharan Africans; to pursue this he founded the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart near Amiens, France on 27 September 1841; in 1848 they were merged with the similar Congregation of the Holy Ghost with Father Libermann as superior general; died 2 February 1852, Paris; venerated 19 June 1910 by Pope Pius X)
CatholicSaints.Info, Catholic Encyclopedia - Venerable Francis Mary Paul Libermann, viewed January 16, 2020 (born 12 April 1802; founded Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on 27 September 1841, La Neuville, just after his ordination in nearby Amiens on 18 September, which existed independently 1841-1848; engrafted on the Congregation of the Holy Ghost, which had a similar object but had become almost extinct during the Revolution; Father Libermann chosen superior general of the united societies, a post he occupied until his death)
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