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Shreveport Martyr Father François Le Vézouët: The Road from Natchitoches

Shreveport Martyr Father François Le Vézouët: The Road from Natchitoches

White, Cheryl H.
Pierre, Christophe
Mangum Jcl, Very Reverend Peter B.

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19th Century United States HistoryCatholicismRegional: South

Publisher Price: $24.99

PREORDER - Expected ship date January 5, 2027

ISBN10: 1467172014
ISBN13: 9781467172011
Publisher: History Press
Published: Jan 5 2027
Pages: 128
Language: English

The quiet heroism of a missionary priest whose final journey became a testament of faith and sacrificial love.

Born in rural Brittany and formed in the Catholic revival of nineteenth-century France, Father François Le Vézouët crossed the Atlantic in 1854 and found his mission fields among the dusty roads and river paths of frontier Louisiana. In 1873, as yellow fever ravaged Shreveport, he chose fidelity to his mission over safety. Traveling from Natchitoches into the infected city, he joined four fellow priests--they came to be known as the Shreveport Martyrs. Each of the others succumbed to the illness before Father Le Vézouët. But he chose what they had chosen: to comfort the dying, administer the sacraments, and bury the dead. There, he gave his life in charity to strangers.

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