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| John Baptist de la Salle, Saint |
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(b pt st´ d lä säl´) (KEY) , 1651–1719, French educator, founder of the Christian Brothers, b. Reims. He became a priest and canon of the cathedral. He spent his life teaching children of the poor. In 1684 (having resigned his canonry) he formed of his assistants a new order, the Christian Brothers. In 1685 to train his teachers, St. John Baptist founded at Reims what is called the first normal school. He was a careful pedagogical thinker and ranks as one of the distinguished educators of modern times. His name in French is Jean Baptiste de la Salle. Feast: May 15. | 1 | | See W. J. Battersby, De la Salle (3 vol., 1945–52). | 2 |
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