Alcide-Vital Lataste, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French priest
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Place of Birth: Cadillac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Alcide-Vital Lataste
- Blessed Alcide-Vital Lataste (5 September 1832 – 10 March 1869) was a French Roman Catholic priest who was a member of the Dominican order.
- He established the Dominican Sisters of Bethany in 1867 in order to work with women who were abused or from prisons.
- Their aim was to spread the merciful love of Jesus Christ to these women.
- He assumed the name of "Jean-Joseph" after he entered the Dominican order. Pope Benedict XVI approved a healing determined to be a miracle attributed to his intercession and delegated Cardinal Angelo Amato to preside over the beatification in France.
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