André Abellon
French Dominican friar and painter (1375-1450)
Feast: 15 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
André Abellon, O.P. (1375 – 15 May 1450) was a French Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He became a Dominican after hearing the preaching 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.
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- Vincent Ferrer Saint“He became a Dominican after hearing the preaching of Vincent Ferrer and studied art before joining their ranks.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q2847131 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — André Abellon (CC BY-SA)
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