Gustave Delacroix de Ravignan

Entering a Sulpician monastery, and later joining the Society of Jesus, he was ordained in 1828, and after several years as professor and retreat preacher at Montrouge, he went to Notre-Dame de Paris, where his logic, serenity, and zeal won souls by the hundreds.

However, the Jesuits' strife continued until they were forced to disband for a time in France.

Despite painful controversy with his superiors and imputations from other quarters, he remained loyal to his order.

He steadfastly refused preferment, even the archbishopric of Paris, devoting himself to other works.

He died a saintly death, and thousands followed the remains of the "Apostle of Paris" to his grave.