Marie-Joseph Lagrange [SEP] religious order
Marie-Joseph Lagrange
Marie-Joseph Lagrange (born Albert Marie-Henri Lagrange on 7 March 1855, in Bourg-en-Bresse, died on 10 March 1938, in Marseille) was a Catholic priest in the Dominican Order and founder of the École Biblique in Jerusalem.
Life.
Albert Marie-Henri Lagrange was born 7 March 1855, in Bourg-en-Bresse, France. At the age of three, he received a blessing from the Curé d’Ars. After studies in the junior Seminary of
Basilica of St-Étienne, next to the École Biblique.
Further reading.
- Jean Guitton, "Portrait du père Lagrange, celui qui a réconcilié la science et la foi", Robert Laffont, 1992.
- Bernard Montagnes, "Marie-Joseph Lagrange - Une biographie critique", Paris, Cerf, 2004.
External links.
- The Story of Father Marie-Joseph Lagrange: Founder of the Modern Catholic Bible Study 
- Marie-Joseph Lagrange on the Encyclopædia Britannica