Jean-Jacques Olier | |
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Orders | |
Ordination | 21 May 1633 |
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Born | |
Died | 2 April 1657 Paris, Kingdom of France | (aged 48)
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Alma mater | College of Sorbonne |
Jean-Jacques Olier, S.S. (20 September 1608 – 2 April 1657) was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Sulpicians. He also helped to establish the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, which organized the settlement of a new town called Ville-Marie (now Montreal) in the colony of New France.