Gilles-François de Beauvais (7 July 1693 – ''c''. 1773) was a French Jesuit

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. Born at Le Mans, France, de Beauvais entered the

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in 1709, and taught belles-lettres, rhetoric, and philosophy. After ordination he was assigned to preach and give the Advent course at Court in 1744, during which year he published his ''Life of Ignatius Azevedo'' modelled on the original

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biography by Father Cabral (a pseudonym of Giulio Cesare Cordara, 1743). De Beauvais dedicated his version to King Stanislans of Poland. The work is devoted to the life of the martyr Ignatius de Azevedo from Porto (1528-1570), who worked in

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as Visitor for the Jesuit Order. On 15 July 1570, he was killed near the Canary Islands together with his 39 companions at sea by French

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s. In 1854, these "40 martyrs of Brazil" were canonized. He also wrote a number of other works of devotion and for spiritual reading. In 1759, he was confessor of Mme Louise de France. De Beauvais probably died in

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in 1773.

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1693 births 1770s deaths 18th-century French Jesuits People from Le Mans {{RC-clergy-stub