Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière
Venerable Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière | |
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A bust of de la Dauversière in La Flèche, France | |
| Born | 18 March 1597 La Flèche, Maine, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 6 November 1659 (aged 62) La Flèche, Maine, Kingdom of France |
| Major works | Founder of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal and of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph |
Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁom lə ʁwaje də la dovɛʁsjɛʁ]; 18 March 1597 – 6 November 1659) was a French nobleman who spent his life in serving the needs of the poor. A founder of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, he also helped to establish the French colony of Montreal. He was the founder of the Congregation of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph, Religious Sisters dedicated to the care of the sick poor and has been declared venerable by the Catholic Church.