Claude Poullart des Places

Servant of God
Claude-François
Poullart des Places
CSSp
Des Places after his ordination as a priest
Born(1679-02-26)26 February 1679
Rennes, France
Died2 October 1709(1709-10-02) (aged 30)
Paris, France
Resting placeChurch of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris, France
48°50′48″N 2°20′53″E / 48.84667°N 2.34806°E / 48.84667; 2.34806
NationalityFrench
Known forFounding the Congregation of the Holy Spirit

Claude-François Poullart des Places, C.S.Sp. (26 February 1679 – 2 October 1709) was a French Catholic priest who founded the Congregation of the Holy Spirit in 1703 at the age of 24.[1] The decree opening his cause of canonization was promulgated on 1 October 1989, but has not yet proceeded to his beatification.

Print of charcoal drawing of Claude Poullart des Places, looking left and down, wearing Catholic vestments, vignetted against black, signed by the artist Pierre-Leon Annould
A charcoal drawing of Claude-François Poullart des Places by Pierre-Leon Annould, from a print held by the Center for Spiritan Studies at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.
  1. ^ "Chronology of the life of Poullart des Places". bythewell.org. Spiritan Community of Taiwan. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2010.