Daniel Brottier

Blessed

Daniel Brottier

C.S.Sp.
Blessed Daniel Brottier while serving as military chaplain for the French Army during the First World War.
Born7 September 1876
La Ferté-Saint-Cyr, Loir-et-Cher, France
DiedFebruary 28, 1936(1936-02-28) (aged 59)
Paris, France
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
(Holy Ghost Fathers)
Beatified25 November 1984, Paris, France, by Pope John Paul II
Feast28 February

Daniel Jules Alexis Brottier, C.S.Sp. (7 September 1876 – 28 February 1936), was a French Roman Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans). He was awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'honneur for his services as a chaplain during World War I, did missionary work in Senegal, and administered an orphanage in Auteuil, a suburb of Paris. He was declared venerable in 1983, and then beatified on the 25 November 1984, by Pope John Paul II.


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