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Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (born 1799)

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Basil Moreau

French priest

Basil Moreau, C.S.C. was the French priest who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross from which two additional congregations were founded, namely the Marianites of Holy Cross and the Sisters of the Holy Cross. Moreau was beatified on September 15, 2007 in Le Mans, France.
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Congregation of Holy Cross

Catholic religious congregation of missionary priests and brothers

The Congregation of Holy Cross, abbreviated CSC, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men founded in 1837 by Basil Moreau, in Le Mans, France.
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