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Blessed Louis Brisson, main founder of both congregations: Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales and Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.

Louis Brisson

The law on the Separation of the Churches and the State and complete secularization of France at the beginning of the 20th century began with the secularization of the religious houses, which included exiling the occupants.

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In 1866, he co-founded along with Saint Leonie Aviat, the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales to provide for their education, and in 1872 the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales for priests and brothers performing similar apostolate work.

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Blessed Louis Brisson (23 June 1817 – 2 February 1908) was a Roman Catholic priest who founded the congregations of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales and the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.

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