Frederic Ozanam

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  • 1841 BCE

    Ozanam gets married.

    After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 Milan reverted to Austrian control and the family returned to Lyons where the Ozanam's had married in 1841.
  • 1839 BCE

    Frederic’s Mother died in 1839.

  • 1837 BCE

    Frederic’s Father died in 1837.

  • 1835 BCE

    Conferences founded.

    In 1835, as members graduated and found employment outside Paris, conferences were founded in Nimes and Lyons and even beyond France, in Rome.
  • 1835 BCE

    Ozanam graduates from law.

    Further studies in law followed his graduation and he became one of a select group to take out the degree of Doctor of Laws which qualified him to lecture at the University.
  • 1834 BCE

    Conference splits.

    By the end of 1834 membership numbered one hundred and the Conference was split, after heated discussion, into three branches.
  • 1834 BCE

    Ozanam completes his Law degree in 1834.

  • 1833 BCE

    Ozanam turns 20.

    At the first historic meeting of the Conference of Charity on April 23rd, 1833 - Ozanam celebrated his 20th birthday that day.
  • 1830 BCE

    Frederic moved to Paris.

    Once Frederic's secondary schooling in Lyons was complete, in keeping with his father’s wishes he moved to Paris to study law at the Sorbonne. Paris at the time was in turmoil; a city where skepticism was triumphant and poverty everywhere.
  • 1828 BCE

    Period of doubt.

    At fifteen, however, Frederic suffered a debilitating period of doubt, when his faith was sorely tested.

  • Antoine-Frederic Ozanam birth.

    Antoine-Frederic Ozanam was born on April 23rd 1813