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简体中文 Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (d. 1907)
Servant of God Jules Chevalier (15 March 1824 – 21 October 1907) was a French Roman Catholic priest and founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic religious institutes, and the inspiration for the members of the Chevalier Family.
Father Chevalier claimed a Marian apparition and titled it as Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. The image was crowned by Pope Pius IX in 1869 and her sanctuary raised to the status of minor Basilica in 1874.
1824Mar, 15
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