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3 unusual facts about Peter Julian Eymard


Peter Julian Eymard

On 20 July 1834, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grenoble.

The French sculptor Auguste Rodin received counsel from Eymard when Rodin entered the Congregation as a lay brother in 1862, having given up art after the death of his sister.

St Peter Julian's Church, Sydney

The church is named after the congregation’s founder St Peter Julian Eymard, who was canonised in 1962.



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