Joseph de Gallifet (2 May 1663 – 1 September 1749) was a French
Jesuit priest, known for his promotion of the devotion of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ( la, Cor Jesu Sacratissimum) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind". This dev ...
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Life
Gallifet was born near Aix-en-Provence, France. He entered the Society of Jesus at the age of fifteen, and upon taking up his studies came under the direction of Father de la Colombière,[ the confessor of ]Margaret Mary Alacoque
Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM (french: Marguerite-Marie Alacoque) (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690), was a French Catholic Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.
Summary
She worked t ...
. While on a mission of charity during his third year of probation at Lyon, he caught a fever which brought him to death's door. A certain father made a vow in his name that if he were spared, Father de Gallifet would spend his life in the cause of the Sacred Heart. Gallifet recovered and ratified the vow.[Smith, Joseph Hugh. "Joseph de Gallifet." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 10 Mar. 2015]
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He had three successive rectorships—at Vesoul
Vesoul () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté located in eastern France.
It is the most populated municipality of the department with inhabitants in 2014. The same year, the Communauté d'agglo ...
, at Lyon, and at Grenoble
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. The last-named appointment was followed by the provincialship of the Province of Lyon. In 1723 he was chosen assistant for France, an office which brought him to Rome. Here he worked effectively for the spread of the devotion.[
Returning from Rome in 1732, he again became rector at Lyons where he passed his last years.][ He lived to see the establishment of over 700 confraternities of the Sacred Heart.
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Works
He wrote a book on the Blessed Virgin, and one on the chief virtues of the Christian religion; his major work, ''De Cultu Sacrosancti Cordis Dei ac Domini Nostri Jesu Christi'',[ appeared in 1726. The main purpose of the book met with much opposition at first, and its plea for the establishment of a feast for the Sacred Heart was not crowned with victory until 1765.
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References
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* The entry cites:
**De Gallifet, ''The Adorable Heart of Jesus'' (New York, 1899);
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1663 births
1749 deaths
People from Aix-en-Provence
17th-century French Jesuits
18th-century French Jesuits