LOUIS MARIE GRIGNION, Saint. - Born on 31 Jan. 1673 at Montfort-sur-Meu (whence missions, he founded the Missionaries of the Company of Mary, whose Rule he wrote, as he had already written that for the Daughters of Wisdom.

Beatified by Leo XIII in 1888, he was canonized by Pius XII on 20 July 1947. Feast on 28 Apr.

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BIBL.: J. Grandet, La vie de M. Louis-Marie G. de Montfort, Nantes 1724; J. Picot de Clorivière, La vie de M. Louis-Marie G. de Montfort, Rennes 1785; L. Le Crom, St Louis-Marie G. de Montfort (1673-1716), 2nd ed., Pont-Château (Loire inf.) 1947; G. Rigault, St Louis-Marie G. de Montfort (1673-1716), Tourcoing 1947; P. Buondonno, S. L. M. G. de Montfort (1673-1716), Redona di Bergamo 1947; P. Eyckeler, De Heilige Montfort, Louis-Marie G. (1673-1716), Maastricht 1947; Nova inquisitio super dubio: an B. Ludovicus M. Grignion de Montfort historico haberi possit uti Fundator... Fratrum instructiunis christ. a S. Gabriele (S. Rituum Congr., Sectio historica, 66), Città del Vaticano 1947.

Enrico Lemmena

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Louis Marie Grignion, Saint

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