(1790-1839) Apostle of Corsica, born Mentone, France; died Corsica. He was superior of the seminary at Cimiez, 1822. Having entered the Society of Oblates of Mary Immaculate at Aix, 1824, he was professed, by Apostolic: indult, after a few months novitiate. He was sent to Corsica, 1835, where his work in the pulpit and the confessional won many souls; he died exhausted by his labors. The cause of his beatification was introduced in 1915.
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