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Beatificiation of the Venerable Frederic Ozanam
On Tuesday 25 June, 1996, noon, in the stately setting of the Consistory
Hall, in the Vatican, Pope John-Paul II signed the Decree recognizing the
miracle obtained through Frederic Ozanam's intercession, on 2 February,
1926, in favour of Fernando Luiz Benedito Ottoni, Brazilian child aged 18
months, suffering from malignant diphtheria, at Nova Friburgo, State
of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Thus came to an end the long procedure introduced on March 15, 1925, in
the Paris Diocese.
The celebrations of the beatification will take place in 1997. The date
and place will be specified later.
This event is invested with a particular importance, owing to the radiant
personality of Frederic Ozanam, French, born in Milano, April 23, 1813,
died in Marseilles, September 8, 1853.
 These are only a few of the facets of this exceptional man, as modest as
he was brilliant, of whom one still speaks too little and who, however,
according to the perspicacious appreciation of Father Henri Lacordaire,
a Dominican friend of Ozanam, could be considered as "one of the
most prominent figures of Catholicism, in the XIXth century".
These two thoughts from Ozanam's youth are eloquent witnesses of the
richness of his personality and the precocity of his sensitiveness:
"The question which divides the world nowadays is no more a matter
of political forms, it is a social problem, to know which will prevail -
the spirit of selfishness or the spirit of sacrifice ; if the society will
be, but a great exploitation for the benefit of the strongest, or a consecration
of each one for the good of all and mainly for the protection of the
week."
"Charity must never look back, but always ahead, for the number of
its past benefits is always quite small, as the present and future miseries
i t should alleviate are infinite".
Paris, 25 June 1996
Amin A. de Tarrazi
In charge of the cause of beatification of Frederic Ozanam
This documentt was provided by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
5 rue du Pre-aux-Clerics, 75007 Paris France - Telephone (1)44 55 36
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Stages Toward Canonization | Testimony for the Cause
Biography | Chronology
Ozanam: A Man of Yesterday A Man for Tomorrow
Index to the Frederic Ozanam Website | St. Vincent de Paul Society Index Page
Blessed Frederic Ozanam: a lay saint for our time
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