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William Joseph Chaminade

William Joseph Chaminade
William Joseph Chaminade, French priest, founded the Society of Mary (d. 1850)

Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade, SM was a French Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution and later founded the Society of Mary, usually called the Marianists, in 1817. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 3 September 2000. His feast day is celebrated on 22 January.

8 April 1761

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