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St. Charles de Foucauld French ascetic Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld, lived in spiritual solitude in the Sahara from 1905 until his death in 1916.

St. Charles de Foucauld

French saint
Also known as: Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld, Père de Foucauld(Show More)
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St. Charles de Foucauld (born 1858, Strasbourg, France—died December 1, 1916, Tamanrasset, Algeria; canonized May 15, 2022, feast day December 1) was a French soldier, explorer, and ascetic who dedicated his life to Christian study and prayer in the Sahara in the early 20th century. He was made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 2022. Foucauld came from an aristocratic family in Strasbourg, France. He was orphaned at age six, and he and...

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