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Jean Baptiste Henri Dominique de Lacordaire (1802–1861)
Lacordaire, Jean Baptiste Henri Dominique de (lä-kor-dãr’). A noted French pulpit orator and journalist; born at Recey-sur-Ource, May 12, 1802; died at Sorèze, Nov. 22, 1861. He became famous as a preacher at Notre Dame, speaking from the pulpit on the questions of the day, and was a member of the National Assembly. With Lamennais, he founded the democratic journal L’Avenir (The Future: 1830), which was condemned by the Pope. Among his works were: ‘Philosophical Considerations on the System of Lamennais’ (1834); ‘Life of St. Dominic’ (1840); ‘Detached Sermons and Funeral Orations’ (1844–47), the most impressive of which was the oration preached over the remains of Gen. Drouot; and a voluminous correspondence.