Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (born 1858)

Charles de Foucauld

French explorer, geographer, linguist and Catholic saint (1858–1916)

Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld de Pontbriand,, commonly known as Charles de Foucauld, was a French soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnographer, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Algeria. He was murdered in 1916. His inspiration…