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Pierre de Bérulle (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də beʁyl]; 4 February 1575 – 2 October 1629) was a French Catholic priest, cardinal and statesman in 17th-century France. He was the founder of the French school of spirituality , who could count among his disciples Vincent de Paul and Francis de Sales (?), although both developed ...
modifier. Pierre de Bérulle, né le 4 février 1575 à Cérilly et mort le 2 octobre 1629 à Paris, est un homme d'Église et homme d'État français. Créé cardinal par le pape Urbain VIII le 30 août 1627, ce représentant majeur de l' École française de spiritualité est le fondateur de la Société de l'Oratoire .
Apr 17, 2024 · Pierre de Bérulle (born Feb. 4, 1575, Sérilly, near Troyes, Fr.—died Oct. 2, 1629, Paris) was a cardinal and statesman who founded the French Congregation of the Oratory, reforming clerical education in France. Educated in theology by the Jesuits and at the Sorbonne, Bérulle was ordained in 1599. In 1604 he went to Spain.
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Pope Urban VIII in 1627 rewarded de Bérulle's services to Church and State by creating him a cardinal. Two years later de Bérulle died while saying Mass. His disciple, St. Vincent de Paul, said of him: "He is one of the most saintly priests I have known", and his friend St. Francis de Sales declared: "He is everything which I should desire to ...
Sep 14, 2017 · Pierre de Bérulle, founder of the Oratoire de Jésus (commonly known as the Oratoire de France), is a leading figure in the renewal of the Catholic Church in France in the first half of the seventeenth century.
- Keith Beaumont
- 2017
Berulle, PIERRE DE, cardinal, and founder of the French congregation of the Oratory, b. in the province of Champagne, France, at the chateau of Cerilly, February 4, 1575; d. October 2, 1629. De Berulle came from a distinguished family of magistrates.
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BÉRULLE, PIERRE DE Cardinal, diplomat, theologian, mystic, spiritual writer, founder of the French Oratory, leading figure in the French school of spirituality; b. Chateau de Sérilly, between Sens and Troyes, France, Feb. 4, 1575; d.
