Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916). Image File history File links De_Foucaulds_signature. ...

Born in Strasbourg on September 15, 1858, he grew up in an aristocratic family and entered the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in 1876. He later was a French army officer in Algeria but left the army in 1882 and went as an explorer to Morocco. City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Area 78. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... The École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM, Special Military School of St Cyr) is the foremost French military academy. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

An random page (p. 247) of the Dictionnaire Touareg-Français, showing De Foucauld's meticulous handwriting accompanied by detailed illustrations of tasdest 'tent-pole' and other tent-building terms of the Kel Ahaggar.

In 1890 he joined the Trappist order, but left in 1897 to follow an as yet undefined religious vocation. He returned to Algeria and lived a virtually eremetical life in an isolated Tuareg area. He learned the language and worked on a dictionary and grammar. His dictionary manuscript was published posthumously in 4 volumes and has become known among Berberologues for its rich and apt descriptions. He formulated the idea of founding a new religious order, which only became a reality after his death, under the name Little Brothers of Jesus.(See also: Louis Massignon) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (896x1344, 530 KB) Summary Page 247 of Charles de Foucauld, Dictionnaire Touareg-Français, vol. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (896x1344, 530 KB) Summary Page 247 of Charles de Foucauld, Dictionnaire Touareg-Français, vol. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, or Trappists follow the Rule of St. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A hermit (from the Greek erēmos, signifying desert, uninhabited, hence desert-dweller) is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion and/or isolation from society. ... For other uses, see Tuareg (disambiguation). ... The Berber languages (or Tamazight) are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. ... A religious order is an organization of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with religious devotion. ... Louis Massignon (July 25 1883 - October 31 1962) was a renowned scholar of Islam and its history. ...

He was shot to death by passing marauders on December 1, 1916 against the general background of uprising against the French colonial power. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on November 13, 2005. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... In Catholicism, beatification (from Greek μακαριος, makarios) is a recognition accorded by the church of a dead persons accession to Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name (intercession of saints). ... Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: ), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany, is the 265th and reigning pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, and sovereign of Vatican City State. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bibliography

• Foucauld, Charles de. Reconnaissance au Maroc, 1883-1884. 4 vols. Paris: Challamel, 1888.
• Foucauld, Charles Eugène de. Dictionnaire touareg–français, dialecte de l'Ahaggar. Paris: Imprimerie nationale de France, 1951.
• Foucauld, Charles de. Poésies touarègues. Dialecte de l'Ahaggar. Paris: Leroux, 1925.

External link

• Charles de Foucauld — a diverse life