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Reference Book on Frederic Ozanam
by Gérard CHOLVY, Professor Emeritus at the Université de Montpellier (France), and expert in religious studies of modern France.
“We waited a long time for the beatification of Frederic Ozanam. We were still waiting for a book that would describe, in all its complexity, the personality and life of the great Christian who was the main founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. We now have such a book: written by one of the most qualified expert in religious studies.
Based on an extremely thorough documentation, often new and unreported, this book was produced in accordance with the most demanding standards of modern knowledge. The character of Frederic Ozanam, finally free from an apologetic context – that too often, rendered it dull and distorted – can finally be presented in full light. ”
“Step by step, we follow the path of this young man, brought up in a Christian family of Lyon, sent at 20 to a Paris still affected by the revolutionary upheaval, where an affluent and anti-clerical bourgeoisie flourished alongside an often miserable mass of proletarians, first mishap of the emerging industrial revolution. …”
For the continuation of this summary on Ozanet
Hopefully it will be translated soon.
