Frédéric Ozanam

Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam (23 April 1813 – 8 September 1853) was a French Catholic literary scholar, lawyer, journalist and equal rights advocate. He founded with fellow students the Conference of Charity, later known as the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in 1997. His feast day is 9 September.

Patron saint of The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul; Lawyers; Teachers; Literature