LAVIGERIE, CHARLES-MARTIAL. - Cardinal, born at Huire near Bayonne on 13 Oct. 1825, died at Algiers on 25 Nov. 1892. Ordained priest on 2 June 1849, he was for three years a professor at the Sorbonne; then, following the advice of Fr. de Ravignan, he accepted the direction of the schools of the East. This gave him the opportunity to undertake a charitable expedition
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and a simple anti-slavery campaign. Leo XIII was able to affirm of him that he had been one of the most meritorious men of Catholicism and of civilization.
BIBL.: A. C. Grussenmeyer, Vingt-cinq années d'épiscopat. Documents biographiques de Son Eminence le card. L., Algeri-Jourdain 1888; L. Baunard, Le card. L., 2 voll., Parigi 1898; Instructions de Son Eminence le card. L., à ses missions, Maison-Carrée 1907; G. Goyau, Un grand missionnaire, le card. L., Parigi 1925; J. M., Le card. L. et son action apostolique, ivi 1928.
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