Vincentian places

From May to June 1853, the Ozanam family located in San Jacopo near Livorno on the Mediterranean. The sea air briefly energized Ozanam.

By April 1853 the Ozanams were situated in Pisa. Frederic knew his state of health was serious.

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.

The Ozanams embarked on several journeys in Ozanam’s last years, which they desperately hoped would allow his health to improve.

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.

When he visited the city of Saint-Étienne, Ozanam was saddened by scenes of the modern industrial world that brutalized both men and nature.

In 1833, Ozanam and his friends left Paris on the Feast of Corpus Christi to participate in the religious procession held at Nanterre.

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.

In 1840 Ozanam traveled to Sens, where his friend François Lallier resided.