Abbé Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron (1760–1821) was a French

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who founded a number of social and educational institutions, especially while in exile in

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, and was a prolific author of pious tracts.

Life

Born in

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, Carron received was tonsured at the age of thirteen. In 1785, having been profoundly affectedby the poverty throughout his province, he conceived the idea of erecting an institution of charity, for which he interested a number of noble families, who contributed large sums to the execution of his plan; so that in 1791 in the city of Rennes, he came into possession of cotton spinning mills, weaving establishments, etc., which occupied more than two thousand working people of both sexes, under his direction.''The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature''. (James Strong and John McClintock, ed.); Harper and Brothers; NY; 1880
/ref> He also founded an institution for young women trying to escape a life of

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. However, in 1790, following the

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, he became a ''non-juror'', refusing to swear to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, and was

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.Bouillet & Chassang (1878) In 1792, he was

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where he founded

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and

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for fellow French Catholics who had fled the Revolution. He resettled in

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and established many educational and social institutions to support his community,Walford (1878) winning the personal thanks of

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. On the

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in 1814, Carron returned to France and became head of the ''Institut de Marie-Thérèse'', a

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founded for children whose families had lost their fortunes during the Revolution. He published many pious and religious works which were very popular in their time. Carron died in Paris March 15, 1821.

References

Bibliography

By Carron

*Carron, G.-T.-J. (1816) ''Les Écoliers vertueux, ou Vies édifiantes de plusieurs jeunes gens proposés pour modèles'', Lille Vanackere *— (1820a) ''Les Confesseurs de la foi dans l'Église gallicane à la fin du XVIIIe siècle, ouvrage rédigé sur des mémoires authentiques'' *— (1820b) ''Le modèle des prêtres, ou vie de J. Brydayne, missionnaire'', Rusand *— (1822) ''Nouveaux Justes dans les conditions ordinaires de la Société, ou vies de Mlle Victoire Conen de Saint-Luc, décapitée en 1794; du Comte Jean-Baptiste-Ignace-Isidore de Forbin, décédé en 1814; de Mlles Françoise-Marie-Thérèse d'Argent, décédée en 1813; Marie-Amélie Sauvage, en 1817; Céleste-Marie-Claire Mettrie Offray, en 1817; Adélaïde-Marie de Cié, en 1818'', Lyon: Rusand *— (1823) ''Modèles du clergé, ou Vies édifiantes de Messieurs Frétat de Sabra, évêque de Nantes ; Boursoul, prêtre, gardien de l'Hôpital Saint-Yves de Rennes ; Beurier, prêtre de la Congrégation des Eudistes ; Morel de La Motte, chanoine de l'Eglise de Rennes'' *— (1827) ''Vies des justes dans les plus hauts rangs de la société'', Lyon: Rusand

About Carron

* *, "Somers Town and Euston Square", date accessed: 29 Jul 2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Carron, Guy-Toussaint-Julien 1760 births 1821 deaths 19th-century French Roman Catholic priests French religious writers People of the French Revolution People from Somers Town, London French male non-fiction writers 18th-century French Roman Catholic priests