Places of Blessed Frederic Ozanam
A 36 part series highlighting places important in the life of Blessed Frederic Ozanam
Places of Frederic Ozanam 1 - Milan
On April 23, 1813, Antoine Frédéric Ozanam was born in Milan, where his family lived for three more years before moving away. Seventeen years later, during a visit to Milan, Ozanam, filled with enthusiasm, revisited his birthplace and the church where he was baptized, renewing his vows and expressing gratitude to God.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 2 - Lyon
Lyon was the city that Ozanam would always call home. He was raised there from the age of 3-1/2 years until he left to study Law in Paris.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 3 - Florence
When Ozanam was 20 years old he visited Florence, which “profoundly influenced his life, teaching, and scholarship.” Years later he returned to speak to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s conference in Florence (January 1853).
Places of Frederic Ozanam 4 - Rome
Frederic and Amelie Ozanam honeymooned in Italy, visiting Naples, Sicily, and Rome. “The highlight of their first marital adventure was the pilgrimage to Rome, where they had a special audience with the current pope, Gregory XVI.”
Places of Frederic Ozanam 5 - La Sorbonne (University of Paris)
Between November 1831 and August 1836, when he received his law degree, Frédéric Ozanam was a university student at the Sorbonne in the famous Latin Quarter. Later, in 1841, Frederic accepted a teaching position there.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 6 - Saint Vincent de Paul Chapel
Frederic Ozanam visited and wrote about this Chapel; evidence demonstrating the devotion to Saint Vincent de Paul that became a regular part of his spirituality.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 7 - Quartier du Jardin des Plantes, Paris
When Frederic first arrived in Paris as a student, he lived in a pension near the Jardin des Plantes (the main botanical garden in France), a neighborhood that was relatively inexpensive but also distant from the university.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 8 - Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
Frédéric often visited Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, a church located close to the school of law. Later, one of the earliest SSVP conferences would be at the parish of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 9 - Home of André-Marie Ampère
While a student at the Sorbonne, Frédéric found a guardian in André-Marie Ampère, a mathematical expert, and French physician who himself was Lyonnais.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 10 - rue des Grès
While a student at the Sorbonne, Frédéric found a guardian in André-Marie Ampère, a mathematical expert, and French physician who himself was Lyonnais.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 11 - Cathedral of Notre Dame
Frederic Ozanam initiated the famed “Conferences of Notre Dame” which provided thousands with the inspired and enlightening sermons of Père Lacordaire.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 12 - Sainte-Geneviève Library
In a letter to François Lallier, Ozanam explained the intent of the research he had been conducting, in particular at Sainte-Geneviève Library.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 13 - Collège Stanislas de Paris (Stanislaus High School)
At one point in his life, prior to 1844, Frederic Ozanam taught three classes to seniors there each week to enhance his meager salary.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 14 - No. 38 Rue Saint-Sulpice
iI was at No 38 of the current Rue Saint-Sulpice − previously Rue Petit-Bourbon Saint-Sulpice − that, on 23 April 1833, Emmanuel Bailly welcomed Frédéric Ozanam and his friends, François, Jules, Auguste, Félix and Paul. This meeting founded the first “Charity Conference.”
Places of Frederic Ozanam 15 - Office and Home of Emmanuel Bailly
To support passionate students such as Frédéric Ozanam, Joseph Emmanuel Bailly opened his newspaper office as a gathering place.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 16 - rue de Grenelle
Having become a professor at the Sorbonne, Frederic Ozanam would live with Amélie (his wife) and later Marie (their daughter) on rue de Grenelle, rue Garancière, and rue de Fleurus, all located in the same general neighborhood of Paris.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 17 - rue Garancière
Having become a professor at the Sorbonne, Frederic Ozanam would live with Amélie (his wife) and later Marie (their daughter) on rue de Grenelle, rue Garancière, and rue de Fleurus, all located in the same general neighborhood of Paris.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 18 - rue de Fleurus
Having become a professor at the Sorbonne, Frederic Ozanam would live with Amélie (his wife) and later Marie (their daughter) on rue de Grenelle, rue Garancière, and rue de Fleurus, all located in the same general neighborhood of Paris.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 19 - Église Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois
After Ozanam’s wife experienced her first miscarriage, Ozanam took refuge in the St. Germain L’Auxerrois church to pray.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 20 - Église Saint-Sulpice
The Church of Saint-Sulpice was a familiar place in the life of Ozanam, for various reasons.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 21 - Abbaye-aux-Bois
On Christmas Eve in 1842, Frederic and his wife Amélie attended midnight Mass at the Abbey-au-Bois, located on the rue de Sèvres.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 22 - 12th Arrondissement
Ozanam’s visits to those in poverty made him painfully aware of the large number of people leading a life of degradation. He wrote from his experience in the 12th Arrondissement.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 23 - Switzerland
In 1836, three years after the family visit to Italy, Frédéric and his brother Alphonse had enjoyed each other’s company on a journey through Switzerland.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 24 - Sceaux
When Ozanam rented a country house in Sceaux, not far from Paris, his friend Jean-Jacques Ampère visited him on a regular schedule.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 25 - Sens
In 1840 Ozanam traveled to Sens, where his friend François Lallier resided.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 26 - Germany
When Ozanam was appointed to lecture on German literature, he journeyed throughout Germany to research carefully and to appreciate fully the milieu of the subject he was about to teach.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 27 - Nanterre
In 1833, Ozanam and his friends left Paris on the Feast of Corpus Christi to participate in the religious procession held at Nanterre.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 28 - Saint-Étienne
When he visited the city of Saint-Étienne, Ozanam was saddened by scenes of the modern industrial world that brutalized both men and nature.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 29 - London
In 1851 Ozanam visited London to view the international exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, celebrating modern industry and civilization. At the same time he was deeply troubled by the poverty of the working class of England.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 30 - Spain
The Ozanams embarked on several journeys in Ozanam’s last years, which they desperately hoped would allow his health to improve.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 31 - Basilica of Notre-Dame de Buglose
Approximately nine months before his death, Ozanam made a pilgrimage to Notre-Dame de Buglose. He could not resist the temptation to visit the nearby birthplace of his beloved patron, Saint Vincent de Paul.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 32 - Pisa
By April 1853 the Ozanams were situated in Pisa. Frederic knew his state of health was serious.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 33 - San Jacopo / Livorno
From May to June 1853, the Ozanam family located in San Jacopo near Livorno on the Mediterranean. The sea air briefly energized Ozanam.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 34 - Antignano
Between July and August of 1853, Ozanam’s doctors recommended a move to Antignano.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 35 - Marseille, place of Ozanam's death
Ozanam’s final day came in Marseille, on the feast day celebrating the nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 8, 1853.
Places of Frederic Ozanam 36 - Église Saint-Joseph des Carmes
Amélie Ozanam arranged for her husband’s burial at the Church of Saint-Joseph des Carmes with the help of members of the Dominican Order who staffed the church.
