André Abellon

André Abellon (1375 - 15 May 1450) was a French Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Preachers.[1] He became a Dominican after hearing the peaching of Vincent Ferrer and studied art before joining their ranks. Abellon gained fame as a noted preacher and confessor but became a prominent figure after tending to victims of the plague in Aix-en-Provence in 1445. He was also a noted artist and painter with some of his works still surviving at present.[2][3]

Blessed

André Abellon

O.P.
Priest
Born1375
Saint-Maximin, Provence, Kingdom of France
Died15 May 1450 (aged 75)
Aix-en-Provence, Kingdom of France
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified19 August 1902, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII
Feast15 May
AttributesDominican habit
Patronage
  • Artists
  • Against fevers

Abellon's beatification received approval from Pope Leo XIII on 19 August 1902.[3]

Life

André Abellon was born in Provence in 1375.

In his adolescence he had listened to the preaching of Vincent Ferrer and became resolved to imitate his pious life of apostolic zeal. To that end he joined the Order of Preachers at their convent in his hometown of Saint-Maximin and was ordained as a priest after his solemn profession.[1][2] Abellon later became the prior of the Saint Mary Magdalene convent in Provence which was a neglected building though a noted pilgrimage site. It was said that Mary Magdalene went there to do penance for her sins and it laid claim to some of her relics.[2] But Abellon also taught seminarians theological studies in Montpellier as well as in Avignon and Paris for a time.[3]

The humble friar supported the work of the missionaries and he often preached missions to the faithful while in 1445 tending to the victims of the plague in Aix which made him a well-known and beloved figure.[3] Abellon was also a noted artist and painter for he had studied these subjects prior to entering the Dominicans. He tended to the spiritual needs of the pilgrims who came to the convent and he desired to establish a permanent foundation for that work at the shrine. To that end he obtained the financial support of the Queen of France who provided him with the funds needed to set up this new building.[2][3] His artistic and architectural talents helped the project become a great success and restore fame to the pilgrimage site. He also established two mills near the shrine for the local farmers to support their agricultural needs.

He died in 1450 and was interred in the convent he served in.

Beatification
Abellon's painting of Saint Martha and the dragon, or Tarasque (c. 1430).

His beatification was approved on 19 August 1902 after Pope Leo XIII signed a decree that recognized the late priest's longstanding and popular "cultus" - or veneration - which acted as a prerequisite for beatification for older causes of sainthood.

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References
  1. "Blessed Andrew Abellon". Saints SQPN. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. "Blessed Andrew Abellon". The Order of Preachers, Independent. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. "Blessed Andrew Abellon". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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