Jean-Claude Courveille, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Society of Mary
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Place of Birth: Usson-en-Forez, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Jean-Claude Courveille
- Jean-Claude Courveille (15 May 1787 – 15 September 1866) was a Catholic priest who took the initiative of establishing the Marists, or Society of Mary, of which he was the first superior general.
- Following a scandal, he retired to Cistercian abbey of Notre-Dame of Aiguebelle, then Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye and finally to the Benedictine Solesmes Abbey, where he died.
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