venerated death_date death_place religion birth_place saint_title title other_post buried article_title parents birth_date ordination name type ordained_by
roman catholic church 26 december 1860 ploërmel , morbihan , france roman catholic saint-malo , brittany , kingdom of france venerable religious founder vicar and new york general of the dioceses of rennes , saint-brieuc motherhouse , morbihan , france of the brothers of christian instruction , ploërmel jean-marie de lamennais
 robert de la mennais & marie des saudrais 8 september 1780 4 may 1804 jean-marie-robert de lamennais priest bishop jean-baptiste-marie de maille
jean-marie de lamennais

the very rev. canon jean-marie-robert de lamennais -lrb- or de la mennais -rrb- -lrb- 1780-1860 -rrb- was a breton catholic priest , and brother of the noted philosopher hugues felicité robert de lamennais , whom he influenced in their youth .
he was a leading figure in the revival of the catholic church in france after the french revolution , involved in founding three religious institutes as part of this effort .
pope paul vi proclaimed him to be venerable in 1966 and his cause of canonization is still ongoing .
