Théodore Combalot
Theodore Combalot (21 August 1797 – 18 March 1873) was a French Roman Catholic priest, orator and a renowned apostolic missionary.
Biography
Born at Châtenay, Isère, he was a disciple of Lamennais, but separated from his master when the latter refused to support Pope Gregory XVI who strongly condemned the events of 1831 in Poland. From 1825 to 1832, he showed himself to be an ardent supporter of new ideas and did not hesitate to enter into the most heated public controversies of the time. His eloquent, ardent and fiery speech exerted a great ascendancy on the crowds.
In 1839, he founded a religious congregation called the Sisters of the Assumption. In 1843, he published a book entitled Mémoire sur la guerre faite à l'Église et à la société par le monopole universitaire. He was condemned to a fine of 4,000 francs and to fifteen days in the Sainte-Pélagie Prison.[1]
He died in Paris.
Works
- Éléments de Philosophie Catholique (1833)
- Introduction aux Constitutions des Religieuses (1839–1840)
- La Connaissance du Christ (1841)
- Mémoire sur la Guerre Faite à l'Église et à la Société par le Monopole Universitaire (1843)
Notes
- ↑ Procès de M. l'Abbé Combalot. Paris: Waille (1844).
References
- Ricard, Antoine (1891). L'Abbé Combalot, Missionnaire Apostolique. Paris: Gaume.
- Veuillot, Louis (1909). "L'Abbé Combalot". In: Derniers Melanges, Vol. 1. Paris: P. Lethielleux, pp. 240–43.
