19th-century French Catholic founder of religious congregations
Not to be confused with Belgian athlete Léon Dupont.
Venerable
Leo Dupont
Born
24 January 1797 Martinique, France
Died
18 March 1876 (aged 79) Tours, France
Leo Dupont (24 January 1797 – 18 March 1876), also known as "the holy man of Tours" or "the apostle of the Holy Face", was a Roman Catholic layman who helped spread various devotions such as that of the Holy Face of Jesus and the nightly Eucharistic adoration. He was declared venerable by Pope Pius XII.[1]
LeoDupont (24 January 1797 – 18 March 1876), also known as "the holy man of Tours" or "the apostle of the Holy Face", was a Roman Catholic layman who...
encouraged, shortly before Dupont died. Dupont was thereafter at times referred to as the Apostle of the Holy Face. When LeoDupont died in 1876, his house...
Reparation to Jesus Christ. The devotion that she started was promoted by LeoDupont. Dupont prayed for and promoted the case for a devotion to the Holy Face of...
popularity grew considerably in the 19th century, mainly due to the efforts of LeoDupont. According to publisher and historian H. C. Lea (1896): "As a rule .....
Eucharistic adoration back in France. Twenty years later, the Venerable LeoDupont initiated the nightly adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in Tours in 1849...
Parisis in 1847; and the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face, founded by LeoDupont in 1851. The Mass, the re-presentation of the sacrifice of Calvary, was...
originally established on the Rue St. Etienne, in the former home of Venerable LeoDupont who did much to promote devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. The Oratory...
Assisi Mechtilde de Bar Peter Julian Eymard John Vianney Marie Tamisier LeoDupont Fulton J. Sheen Mary Therese Vicente Eliza Rolls Vaughan Eucharistic meditators...
with the Veil of Veronica) and promoted by LeoDupont, also called the Apostle of the Holy Face. In 1851 Dupont formed the "Archconfraternity of the Holy...
The Golden Arrow Prayer was first made public by her. The Venerable LeoDupont also known as The Holy Man of Tours lived in Tours at about the same time...
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Francisci: The Writings of Leo, Rufino and Angelo Companions of St. Francis, original manuscript, 1246, compiled by Brother Leo and other companions (1970...
(started by Sister Marie and then promoted by the Venerable LeoDupont) was approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1885. The Raccoltabook includes a number of such...
Catholic devotions traces back to Sister Marie of St Peter and the Venerable LeoDupont who started and promoted them from 1844 to 1874 in Tours France, and Sister...
devotion was further spread from Tours by the efforts of the Venerable LeoDupont (also known as the Apostle of the Holy Face) who prayed for the establishment...
efforts of the Venerable LeoDupont (known as the Apostle of the Holy Face). The devotion was initiated shortly before Dupont's death and later influenced...
The devotion was further spread from Tours partly by the efforts of LeoDupont (also called the Apostle of the Holy Face) and influenced Thérèse of Lisieux...
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Alex Christophe Dupont (born 22 November 1960), best known as Leos Carax (French: [leɔs kaʁaks]), is a French film director, critic and writer. Carax...
England and in the Episcopal Church on 11 November. In 1860 excavations by LeoDupont (1797–1876) established the dimensions of the former abbey and recovered...
of Jesus was based on images of the Veil of Veronica, as promoted by LeoDupont, rather than the Shroud of Turin, which image first appeared on a photographic...
Assisi Mechtilde de Bar Peter Julian Eymard John Vianney Marie Tamisier LeoDupont Fulton J. Sheen Mary Therese Vicente Eliza Rolls Vaughan Eucharistic meditators...
benefactors in places such as Tours where figures such as the Venerable LeoDupont, known as the Holy Man of Tours, became collaborators. The Society is...
country) and International Eucharistic Congresses. On 28 November 1897, Pope Leo XIII proclaimed Saint Paschal Baylón patron of Eucharistic Congresses and...
Assisi Mechtilde de Bar Peter Julian Eymard John Vianney Marie Tamisier LeoDupont Fulton J. Sheen Mary Therese Vicente Eliza Rolls Vaughan Eucharistic meditators...
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