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Louis Bertrand (other)
Louis Bertrand may refer to: * Louis Bertrand (saint) (1526–1581), Spanish Dominican priest * Louis Bertrand (Quebec seigneur) (1779–1871), Canadian politician and businessman * Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841), French poet * Louis Bertrand (novelist) (1866–1941), French novelist, historian, and essayist * Louis Bertrand (politician) (1856–1943), Belgian politician, author, and Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In o ... See also * Louis Bertrand Castel (1688–1757), French mathematician * Louis A. Bertrand (1808–1875), early French Mormon leader, translator of first French Book of Mormon * Louis Bertrand Goodall (1851–1935), American politician {{hndis, Bertrand, Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Bertrand (saint)
Louis Bertrand ( es, Luis Beltrán, Luis Bertrán; ca, Lluís Bertran; 1 January 1526 – 9 October 1581) was a Spanish Dominican friar who preached in South America during the 16th century, and is known as the "Apostle to the Americas". He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Early life Bertrand was born in Valencia to Juan Bertrand and Juana Angela Exarch. Through his father he was related to St. Vincent Ferrer, a thaumaturgus of the Dominican Order. At an early age he conceived the idea of becoming a Dominican Friar, and despite the efforts of his father to dissuade him, was clothed with the Dominican habit in the Convent of St. Dominic, Valencia, on 26 August 1539. After the usual period of probation, he pronounced the evangelical vows. He was grave in demeanour and apparently without any sense of humour, yet had a gentle and sweet disposition that greatly endeared him to those with whom he came in contact. While he could lay no claim to great intellectual gifts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
