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  • 61Ellen Whitty —     Ellen Whitty     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ellen Whitty     In religion Mary Vincent, born at Pouldarrig near Oylgate, a village seven miles form the town of Wexford, 1 March, 1819; died at Brisbane, Queensland, March, 1892. She was one of… …

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  • 62Eugenie de Gramont —     Eugénie de Gramont     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Eugénie de Gramont     Religious of the Society of the Sacred Heart; b. at Versailles, 17 September, 1788; d. at Paris, 19 November, 1846. Her father, the Count de Gramont d Aster, was attached …

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  • 63Francois-Xavier Garneau —     François Xavier Garneau     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► François Xavier Garneau     A French Canadian historian, b. at Quebec, 15 June, 1809, of François Xavier Garneau and Gertrude Amiot; d. 2 February, 1866. After a short elementary course,… …

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  • 64Jacques and Jean de Lamberville —     Jacques and Jean de Lamberville     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jacques and Jean de Lamberville     Jacques de Lamberville     Jesuit missionary, b. at Rouen, 1641; d. at Quebec, 1710. He joined the Society in 1661, and proceeded to Canada in… …

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  • 65Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Vallier —     Jean Baptiste de Saint Vallier     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jean Baptiste de Saint Vallier     Second Bishop of Quebec, b. at Grenoble, France, 14 Nov. 1653; d. at Quebec, Canada, 26 Dec., 1727; son of Jean de La Croix de Chevrières, and… …

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  • 66John Holmes —     John Holmes     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Holmes     Catholic educator and priest; born at Windsor, Vermont, in 1799; died at Lorette, near Quebec, Canada, in 1852.     After a few years schooling at Dartmouth College, he left home for… …

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  • 67Louis-Honore Mercier —     Louis Honoré Mercier     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Louis Honoré Mercier     A French Canadian statesman, b. 15 October, 1840, at Ibervile, Quebec, of a family of farmers; d. 30 October, 1894. He received his classical education at the Jesuit… …

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  • 68Ludger Duvernay —     Ludger Duvernay     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ludger Duvernay     A French Canadian journalist and patriot, born at Verchères, Quebec, 22 January, 1799; died 28 November, 1852. A printer by trade, he founded ad edited successively at Three… …

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  • 69Peter Talbot —     Peter Talbot     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Peter Talbot     Archbishop of Dublin, 1669 1680; b. at Malahide, Dublin, in 1620. At an early age he entered the Society of Jesus in Portugal, where he pursued his sacred studies with great… …

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  • 70Rene-Edouard Caron —     Reneé Edouard Caron     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Reneé Edouard Caron     A French Canadian statesman and magistrate, b. at Sainte Anne de Beaupre, Canada, 13 October, 1800, of Augustin Caron, a farmer, and Elizabeth Lessard; d. 13 December,… …

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