Jean-Eudes de Mézeray
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Portrait of Saint John Eudes - 1673.
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| Priest; Mystic | |
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14 November 1601 Ri, Normandy, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 19 August 1680 (aged 78) Caen, Normandy, Kingdom of France |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 25 April 1909, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius X |
| Canonized | 31 May 1925, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI |
| Feast | 19 August |
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Saint John Eudes (French: Jean Eudes) (14 November 1601 – 19 August 1680) was a French Roman Catholic priest and the founder of both the Eudists and the Order of Our Lady of Charity. He was also a professed member from the Oratory of Jesus and was the author of the proper for the Mass and Divine Office of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin. Eudes was an ardent proponent of the Sacred Hearts and dedicated himself to its promotion and celebration; the Masses he compiled for both Sacred Hearts were later said for the first time both in his lifetime. He preached missions across France including Paris and Versailles while becoming known as a popular evangelist as well as a sought-out confessor and preacher. Father Eudes was also a prolific writer and wrote on the Sacred Hearts while also condemning the Jansenists in favour of full support for the pope.
Eudes was canonized as a saint in mid-1925 and there is a current push to have him named as a Doctor of the Church.
Jean Eudes was born on 14 November 1601 on a farm close to the village of Ri to Isaac Eudes (born circa 1566) and Martha Corbin; he had four sisters and two brothers. One brother the historian François (1610-10.07.1683) and the last child was Charles. Circa 1615 he took a private vow aged fourteen to remain chaste and he made his First Communion on 26 May 1613 (Pentecost).
Eudes studied under the Jesuits at Caen before he decided to join the Oratorians on 25 March 1623. His masters and models in the spiritual life were Pierre de Bérulle (who welcomed him into the order) and the contemplative and ascetic Charles de Condren. As a student of de Bérulle he became a member of the French school that was a Christocentric approach to spiritual affairs which was characterized with a strong sense of adoration in addition to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and a road to greater discovering the dimensions of the Holy Spirit. Bishop Jacques Camus de Pontcarré inducted Eudes into the subdiaconate on 21 December 1624.
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