Category:Saint Louis de Montfort

Saint Louis de Montfort - Confessor also known as Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Born: 31 January 1673 in Montfort-sur-Meu, France Died: 28 April 1716 (aged 43) in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre Honored in: Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1888 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 1947 by Pope Pius XII Feast: 28 April


 * Louis was born in Montfort on January 31, 1673. He went to Paris when he was nineteen, and was ordained when he was twenty-seven. He founded the Company of Mary and the Sisters of Wisdom. He died on April 28, 1716 at Saint Laurent sur Sevre. He was beatified in 1888 by Pope Leo XIII and canonized in 1947 by Pope Pius XII.