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Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus
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Born January 28, 1768 • Mayenne • France
Died July 19, 1836 (aged 68) • Bordeaux • France
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Amiot, Jean-Joseph-Marie
Jean-Joseph-Marie Amiot
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Jean-Antoine Dubois, detail of a lithograph by F.-S. Delpech
Jean-Antoine Dubois
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St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Gregory the Great
pope
St. Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa
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Ramon Llull.
Ramon Llull
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Martin of Tours, Saint
St. Martin of Tours
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French missionary
St. John of Ávila
Spanish religious reformer
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Roman Catholic saint
St. Jean de Brébeuf
St. Jean de Brébeuf
Jesuit missionary
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St. Damien of Molokai
Belgian priest
Ebbo of Reims
French archbishop
St. Junípero Serra
St. Junípero Serra
Spanish Franciscan missionary
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Irish saint
Duchesne, St. Rose Philippine
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
French missionary
St. Charles de Foucauld
St. Charles de Foucauld
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Saint Mellitus of Canterbury
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Lavigerie, detail of a painting by Léon Bonnat, 1888; in the Palais du Luxembourg, Paris
Charles Lavigerie
Roman Catholic archbishop

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