Père Jacques
✓ Source-basedrisingDiscalced Carmelite friar and priest, concentration camp victim, Righteous among the Nations (1900-1945)
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Jacques de Jésus, OCD, better known as Père Jacques, was a French Catholic priest and Discalced Carmelite friar.
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About this person
Jacques de Jésus, OCD, better known as Père Jacques, was a French Catholic priest and Discalced Carmelite friar. While serving as headmaster of a boarding school run by his order, he took in several Jewish refugees to protect them from the Nazi government of occupation, for which he was arrested and imprisoned in various concentration camps.
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FranceCategory
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Type
Educator
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1945 · aged 45
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