Louis-Marie de Blignières, born Olivier de Blignières on April 11, 1949 in
Madrid
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) is a French
traditionalist Catholic
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priest, and the founder of the
Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrier.
Biography
The son of Hervé Le Barbier de Blignières, he was born in
Madrid
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in 1949. He did primary and secondary in classics at
Paris
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(1956-1967), and higher studies in science at L'
école Sainte-Geneviève de
Versailles
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and the
Faculté des Sciences d'Orsay (1967-1972). He obtained a master in
Mathematics-
Physics
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and a Certificate of Higher Studies in
Astrophysics.
He entered an apostolic Benedictine community in
Martigny
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in
Valais
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in
Switzerland (1972-1975) and studied in the
Econe Seminary
The International Seminary of Saint Pius X in Écône, Valais, Switzerland is the premier seminary of the Roman Catholic Traditionalist Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX). The seminary is one of the six houses for formation for the future priests of ...
. While there, he was influenced by
Dominican theologian
Michel-Louis Guérard des Lauriers, who was then a professor at the seminary. He was ordained a priest of the
Society of Saint Pius X
The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) ( la, Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Pii X; FSSPX) is an international fraternity of traditionalist Catholic priests founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a leading traditionalist voice at the Sec ...
in 1977 by Archbishop
Marcel Lefebvre
Marcel François Marie Joseph Lefebvre (; 29 November 1905 – 25 March 1991) was a French Catholic archbishop who greatly influenced modern traditional Catholicism. In 1970, he founded the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), a community to tra ...
.
In 1979, he came to hold the
Thesis of Cassiciacum proposed by des Lauriers.
He also received the Dominican habit from des Lauriers and founded the
Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer at
Chémeré-le-Roi in Mayenne. However, by 1987, he and his community abandoned their support of sedeprivationism and fully entered the Catholic Church.
The community is authorised to use the Dominican Rite and the Dominican Breviary due to an indult granted to them by
Pope John Paul II
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in 1988. He was the
prior of his abbey until 2011.
He gave a course in
Thomist spirituality in
Paris
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and preached retreats on the Rosary, Afterwards he became known for his retreats and preaching. He also participates in the annua
Chartres Pilgrimagewith fellow traditionalists who are in good standing with the catholic church.
In 2003, he defended a doctoral thesis entitled ''La quête de la Ratio Entis: un itinéraire thomasien''
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/ref> à l'Université Paris-Sorbonne. The director of his thesis was Michel Podgorny.
He is the author of the books ''Les fins dernières'' and other books. He leads the training seminars for students and young professionals, (''Café-Caté''), in the Latin Quarter
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Known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistro ...
of Paris.
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See also
* Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer
* Catholic traditionalism
Traditionalist Catholicism is the set of beliefs, practices, customs, traditions, liturgical forms, devotions, and presentations of Catholic teaching that existed in the Catholic Church before the liberal reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1 ...
References
External links
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French traditionalist Catholics
1949 births
Living people
French Roman Catholic priests
20th-century French Catholic theologians
Traditionalist Catholic priests