# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacques-desire-laval
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:46:36.984Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacques-desire-laval"
name: "Jacques-Désiré Laval"
slug: "jacques-desire-laval"
description: "Jacques-Désiré Laval was a French Roman Catholic priest who served in the missions in Mauritius; he was a professed member from the Spiritans. He is known as the \"Apostle of Mauritius\" due to his tireless work in aiding the poor and ill. Laval also educated the flock he was assigned to for those people were uneducated and were former slaves for the most part. His skills in medicine made him a distinguished figure in the region since his expertise allowed him to tend to those who suffered illness that manifested more so during times of an epidemic."
tagline: "French Roman Catholic missionary in Mauritius (1803-1864)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacques_Laval.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1803-09-18"
deathDate: "1864-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.093738666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Laval"
    title: "Jacques-Désiré Laval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاك ديزيريه لافال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Laval"
    title: "Jacques-Désiré Laval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Desir%C3%A9_Laval"
    title: "Jacques Desiré Laval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Laval"
    title: "Jacques-Désiré Laval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Laval"
    title: "Jacques-Désiré Laval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Laval"
    title: "Jacques-Désiré Laval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Laval"
    title: "Jacques-Désiré Laval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Laval"
    title: "Jakub Laval"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517560"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump