VincentWiki:Ephemerides/11 February

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1855. Archbishop of Geneva, Msgr. Andrea Charvaz opens theological seminary founded by Marquis Antonio Brignole-Sale. He also financed education of 24 seminarians who will be offered to Congregation of Propaganda Fidei after ordination. The ceremony took place in presence of Congregation of the Mission Superior General, Fr. Jean Baptist Étienne, the Visitor of Province of Italy - North, Fr. Marco Antonio Durando and the bishop of Orlean, msgr Félix Antonio Filiberto Dupanloup.

1936. Brother Augusto Maes dies in Beijing. For 54 years he was director of printing office run by Congregation of the Mission there. Brother Augusto arrived to China two years after entering the Congregation in 1878.

1942. Gestapo arrests Mother Decq and Sister Duval, the assistant to Visitatix of Lorraine.