Education
He studied philosophy and theology at Street-Sulpice, Paris from 1806-1811. Became professor of dogma, while yet a subdeacon, after the expulsion of the Sulpicians from the seminary by Napoleon in 1811. And was ordained a priest in 1812.
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Jean Gosselin
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On the return of the Sulpicians (1814) he entered their society, and served as vice-president of the seminary at Issy from 1814-1830, professor of theology to the candidates for the society from 1814-1818, and superior of the seminary from 1831 to 1844, when the state of his health, which had always been delicate, obliged him to resign. A portrait of Gosselin has been left by Ernest Renan. In his Lettres du Séminaire we see the impression produced on the young man by his kindness, gentleness, piety and prudence, and his erudition.
In the work of his old age, Souvenirs d"enfance et de jeunesse, Renan says: "He was the most polished and amiable man whom I have ever known.".
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November 27, 1858 (aged 71) -
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Religion
Catholic Church