Archange de Lyon

Archange de Lyon (secular name Michael Desgranges) (b. at Lyon, 2 March 1736; d. there 13 October 1822) was a French Capuchin theologian and preacher. He is regarded as the restorer of the Capuchin order in France, after the French Revolution.

Life

He joined the Capuchins 4 March 1751, and held the post of lector in theology about the end of the eighteenth century. In 1789, having preached against the States General, he was obliged to leave France.

He returned in disguise to Lyon about 1796, and became curé of the parish of the Carthusians. On the re-establishment of his order at Chambéry he resumed his monastic habit there in 1818. He devoted himself to preaching missions and stations in Savoy and France until, in 1821, he was able to re-open the former convent of his order at Crest, Drôme.

Works

His works comprise:

(Lyons, 1788); " (Lyons, 1814); (Turin, 1815); (Lyons, 1817); (Lyons, 1822); (Lyons, 1836).

Edmond-Denis De Manne, in his , attributes to him an (Paris, 1835).