St. John Baptist de La Salle
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Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (April 30, 1651 – April 7, 1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for teachers of youth. He is referred to both as La Salle and as De La Salle.
La Salle was born to a wealthy family in Rheims. He was the oldest child of Louis de La Salle and Nicolle Moet de Brouillet. Nicolle's family was a noble one and ran a successful winery business and she was a relative of Claude Moët, founder of Moët & Chandon.
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La Salle received the tonsure at age eleven He was sent to the College des Bons Enfants, where he pursued higher studies and, on July 10, 1669, he took the degree of Master of Arts. When De La Salle had completed his classical, literary, and philosophical courses, he was sent to Paris to enter the Seminary of Saint-Sulpice on October 18, 1670. His mother died on July 19, 1671, and on April 9, 1672, his father died. This circumstance obliged him to leave Saint-Sulpice on April 19, 1672. He was now twenty-one, the head of the family, and as such had the responsibility of educating his four brothers and two sisters.
He completed his theological studies and was ordained to the priesthood at the age of 26 on April 9, 1678. Two years later he received a doctorate in theology
At that time, most children had little hope for social and economic advancement. Jean Baptiste de La Salle believed that education gave hope and opportunity for people to lead better lives of dignity and freedom. Moved by the plight of the poor he determined to put his own talents and advanced education at the service of the children "often left to themselves and badly brought up".
Cesare Mariani (January 13, 1826 – February 21, 1901) was an Italian painter and architect of the late-19th century, active in Rome and Ascoli Piceno.
One decision led to another until La Salle found himself doing something that he had never anticipated.
La Salle and his small group of free teachers set up the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools which is, according to the La Salle Web site, entirely dedicated to the Christian education of the "children of artisans and the poor", in a life close to that of the Catholic religious.
In 1685, La Salle founded what is generally considered the first normal school — that is, a school whose purpose is to train teachers — in Rheims, France.
Worn out by austerities and exhausting labors, La Salle died at Saint Yon, near Rouen, early in 1719 on Good Friday, only three weeks before his 68th birthday. More on Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Founded in 1679 in France by John Baptist de la Salle; his aim was to provide a human and Christian education to young people
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At that time, most children had little hope for social and economic advancement. Jean Baptiste de La Salle believed that education gave hope and opportunity for people to lead better lives of dignity and freedom. Moved by the plight of the poor he determined to put his own talents and advanced education at the service of the children "often left to themselves and badly brought up".
Cesare Mariani
La Salle as teacher
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Cesare Mariani (January 13, 1826 – February 21, 1901) was an Italian painter and architect of the late-19th century, active in Rome and Ascoli Piceno.
His father worked for the Giustiniani family. This helped him access in 1837 to studies at the Accademia San Luca of Rome. His first master was a painter who taught design at the academy. One of his works were displayed at the Universal Exposition in London of 1851.
His easel paintings gave him a good degree of success. Mainardi gained commissions in frescoes for many churches and palaces in Rome, Lazio, Umbria and finally in the Marche and Abruzzo.
In 1863, he married, and by September of the same year he was appointed academic of merit in the Accademia di San Luca. In 1868, he became a member of the Artistic Commission for Roman Copperplate Engraving. He also continued the inveterate tradition of Italian religious frescoes.
From 1888 to 1890 he was president of the Accademia di San Luca. He was reduced to inactivity in 1898, the same year of the death of his wife, and died in Rome on February 21, 1901. More on Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
its members: the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the De La Salle Brothers or the Christian Brothers.
One decision led to another until La Salle found himself doing something that he had never anticipated.
La Salle and his small group of free teachers set up the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools which is, according to the La Salle Web site, entirely dedicated to the Christian education of the "children of artisans and the poor", in a life close to that of the Catholic religious.
In 1685, La Salle founded what is generally considered the first normal school — that is, a school whose purpose is to train teachers — in Rheims, France.
La Salle died at Saint Yon, near Rouen, early in 1719
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Worn out by austerities and exhausting labors, La Salle died at Saint Yon, near Rouen, early in 1719 on Good Friday, only three weeks before his 68th birthday. More on Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
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