Frédéric Ozanam
French scholar (1813-1853)
Feast: 9 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Antoine Frédéric Ozanam was born in Milan on 23 April 1813 to a French family who returned to Lyon in 1815. He studied law and then letters at the Sorbonne, where in 1840 he became professor of foreign literature; in 1841 he married Amélie Soulacroix, and they had a daughter, Marie.
A layman of great learning and piety, he defended and spread the truths of the faith, served the poor tirelessly in the Society of St Vincent de Paul, argued for a just wage for workers and families, and made his family a true domestic church.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A scholar, husband and father who put his faith to work for the poor of Paris.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Vincent de Paul Saint“He founded with fellow students the Conference of Charity, later known as the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.” — Wikipedia
- Pio Alberto Del Corona Blessed“As a teenager he joined the St Vincent de Paul Society to help poor families, and met its founder, Blessed Frédéric Ozanam.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Antoine Frédéric Ozanam
- Wikidata Q689600 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Frédéric Ozanam (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.