COUDRIN, PIERRE-MARIE-JOSEPH

COUDRIN, PIERRE-MARIE-JOSEPH. – Born at Coussay-les-Bois (Poitiers) on 1 March 1768, died in Paris on 27 March 1837. After studying at the college of Chatellerault and at the University of Poitiers, with the advent of the French Revolution he had to leave the seminary because he had not taken the oath to the civil constitution of the clergy. In 1792 he was ordained a priest in Paris. During the Revolution he was indefatigable in bringing aid wherever his mission called him. Together with Henriette Aymer de la Chevalerie he founded the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts on the rue de Picpus (v.). He assisted many bishops in restoring religious life, making himself notable everywhere for piety, prudence in governance, and an apostolic and Roman spirit. The cause of his beatification is in progress.