Also known as:
Francis de Laval;
French: Saint François de Laval;
Latin: Franciscus de Laval
MONTMORENCY-LAVAL, FRANÇOIS de. - Bishop of Québec, b. 30 April 1623 at Montigny-sur-Avre (Eure-et-Loire), d. at Québec on 6 May 1708 in the reputation of sanctity. As archdeacon of Evreux he took part in the founding of the Seminary for Foreign Missions of Paris. In 1658 he was appointed first vicar apostolic of New France and in 1674 first bishop of the diocese of Québec.
He successfully defended the rights of the Apostolic See against the Gallican claims of the government; he organized the ministry among the whites and the mission among the Indians, in large continuing to live at Québec and supporting the successor, de Saint Vallier, during the latter's imprisonment in England. The process of beatification was opened in 1890. A monument was erected to him at Québec in 1908.
MONTMORENCY-LAVAL, FRANÇOIS de-Portrait. Contemporary painting (collection of the viscount de la Varende).(from Gaillard de Champetis, M. Fr. M.-L., Paris 1881)Bibliography5 worksB. de La Tour, Mémoires sur la vie de mgr de Laval, Cologne 1761; A. Gosselin, Vie de mgr de Laval, premier évêque de Québec et apôtre du Ca
BIBL.: B. de La Tour, Mémoires sur la vie de mgr de Laval, Cologne 1761; A. Gosselin, Vie de mgr de Laval, premier évêque de Québec et apôtre du Canada 1623-1708, 2 vols., Québec 1890; id., Le vénérable F. de M. L., premier évêque de Québec, new ed., ibid. 1923; id., Mgr de Laval, ibid. 1944; Streit, Bibl., II, p. 826.
Rommerskirchen, Giovanni. “Montmorency-Laval, françois de.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, coll. 1382–1383. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/montmorency-laval-francois-de.
MLA
Rommerskirchen, Giovanni. “Montmorency-Laval, françois de.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 1382–1383. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/montmorency-laval-francois-de.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec8_montmorency_laval_francois_de,
author = {Rommerskirchen, Giovanni},
title = {Montmorency-Laval, françois de},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VIII},
pages = {1382--1383},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/montmorency-laval-francois-de}
}
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