Géramb, Marie-Joseph de, 1772-1848
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Name (Latin)
Géramb, Marie-Joseph de, 1772-1848
Other forms of name
Géramb, François de, 1772-1848
Géramb, baron de, 1772-1848
Géramb, Marie Joseph, 1772-1848
Géramb, Ferdinand de, 1772-1848
De Géramb, Marie Joseph, 1772-1848
Géramb, Marie Joseph de, 1772-1848
Géramb, Marie Joseph François Ferdinand de, 1772-1848
Geramb, Marie-Joseph de
Date of birth
1772-04-17
Date of death
1848-03-15
Associated country
France
Italy
Occupation
Monks
Soldiers
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Aspirations aux sacrées plaies de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ, 1840:title page (par le R.P. Marie Joseph de Geramb, religieux de la trappe)
- authorized access point: Géramb, Marie-Joseph de (1772-1848); other data in authority record: born in Lyon on April 17, 1772 [actually January 14, see note below; "April" and "17" may stem from a confusion with the date on which he entered the Trappist order, April 4, 1817]; died March 15, 1848, in Rome; baron; Trappist monk; served as procurator general of his Order at Rome from 1838; prior to becoming a religious, he served as military officer in the Émigration (French forces opposed to the French Revolution); variant forms of name: Géramb, Ferdinand de; Géramb, Ferdinand-François de ( (Bibliothèque nationale de France online catalog, viewed February 5, 2020) )
- Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclesiastiques:volume 20, columns 704-705 (Géramb, François, Ferdinand, baron de; name in religion: Frère Marie-Joseph (date of profession: April 4, 1817); born January 14, 1772, in Lyon; died March 15, 1848, in Rome; Pope Gregory XVI made him procurator-general of the Trappists in 1838, raising him to the rank of abbot)
- English Wikipedia, viewed February 5, 2020(Ferdinand de Géramb; Baron de Géramb; Austrian or French supposed aristocrat and Trappist monk (name in religion Brother Mary Joseph); some historians question his noble descent; he married in 1796 and had six children; his wife died in 1808; he subsequently joined the Trappist order)
- French Wikipedia, viewed February 5, 2020(Ferdinand de Géramb; le baron de Géramb; born January 14, 1772, in Lyon; died March 15, 1848, in Rome; military officer, adventurer, and Trappist monk; he assisted in the restoration of the Trappist order in France; took his vows on April 4, 1817, using the name in religion Marie-Joseph)
- Pélerinage à Jérusalem et au Mont Sinaï, en 1831, 1832 et 1833, 1836:title page (par le révérend père Marie-Joseph de Géramb, religieux de la trappe)
- Visit to Rome, 1840:title page (by the Reverend Father Baron Geramb, abbot and procurator-general of La Trappe)