Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. Download this article in word format by clicking here, or in pdf format by clicking here. He joined the jesuit order in 1693 and worked in lorraine, perpignan, albi, and toulouse. But what has also come down to us are letters he wrote to the nuns of the visitation at nancy.
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