JOHN EUDES, saint - Portrait drawn by Le Blond, engraved by P. Drevet (end of the 17th century).
JOHN EUDES, Saint. - Born at Ri in Normandy on 14 Nov. 1601, died at Caen on 19 Aug. 1680. Educated at the Jesuit College of Caen, he formed his religious vocation under the guidance of Cardinal De Bérulle. Ordained a priest in 1625, he undertook the apostolic ministry. As superior of the Oratory at Caen, he received from the bishops of Normandy the task of preaching missions throughout the whole region.
To the ministry of the word he joined that of the pen with numerous ascetical publications, such as La vie et le royaume de Jésus dans les âmes chrétiennes (Caen 1637). In order to give France a clergy worthy of its mission, he founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, and to raise up the condition of fallen women he founded the Order of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge (v.). He was the apostle of devotion to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and he brought it into the sacred liturgy with a proper Office and Mass, composed by himself and approved by the ecclesiastical authorities. To the attacks of the Jansenists against this devotion he responded with various writings, of which the most important is Le Coeur admirable de la Mère de Dieu (Caen 1680). Beatified by Pius X on 25 Apr. 1909, he was canonized by Pius XI on 31 May 1925. His feast is celebrated on 19 Aug.
Bibliography5 worksCh. Lebrun, Le bienheureux Jean E. et le culte public du Coeur de Jésus, Paris 1918; E. Georges, Vita di s. G. E., Rome 1925; H. Joly, St Je
BIBL.: Ch. Lebrun, Le bienheureux Jean E. et le culte public du Coeur de Jésus, Paris 1918; E. Georges, Vita di s. G. E., Rome 1925; H. Joly, St Jean E., 3rd ed., Paris 1926; A. Pioger, Un orateur de l'école française, st Jean E., ibid. 1940; O. Schneider, Der Prophet des Herzens Jesu, Johannes E., Vienna 1947.
Hamon, Giuseppe. “Giovanni Eudes, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, coll. 624–625. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-eudes-santo.
MLA
Hamon, Giuseppe. “Giovanni Eudes, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 624–625. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-eudes-santo.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_giovanni_eudes_santo,
author = {Hamon, Giuseppe},
title = {Giovanni Eudes, santo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {624--625},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-eudes-santo}
}
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