Pierre de Bérulle
Pierre de Brulle
Cardinal , founder of the French Congregation of the Oratory, born Cerilly, Champagne, France , 1575 ; died 1629 . After his ordination he labored for the conversion of Protestants in union with Saint Francis de Sales. With Madame Acarie he introduced the reformed Carmelite nuns into France , and in 1611 established the Oratory on the model of Saint Philip Neri’s at Rome; to it is due the 17th-century reform of the French clergy. He wrote several devotional works, notably a life of Jesus.