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«ervaat from instant death was sufficient evidence, suet. The Sorbonne niade him doctor of theology at
Convinced by this speech, the Saxons pjromised hence- the age of eighteen. The fact of his consorting with
forth to respect the rights of Christianity. On his such men as Benserade, Vivonne, and Bussy drew
return to Fnesland, Lebwin rebuilt the church at De- unon him the severity of Mazarin, and he was for a
venter, and found there his last resting-place. That wnile exiled to Meaux. Recalled through the in-
he died before 776 is certain, since in that year tjie fluence of Coll>ert, he retired in 1665 to La Trappe
Saxons made a fresh inroad into the district and burnt with de Ranc^, and passed from his former levity to an
the church, but, in spite of the most careful search for asceticism that led him to Port-Royal. The pubhca-
three days, were unable to discover the saint's body, tion of his letters by Ingold shows that Jansemsm was
St. Ludger (q. v.) rebuilt the chiutjh a few years later, with Le Camus more a matter of personal sympathy
and found the saint's remains. Lebwin is commem- and spiritual discipline than of doctrinal tenets. Made
orated by the Church on 12 November. a^inst his will Bishop of Grenoble in 1671, he proved
-r^B'^Pv"^?!'^*^ aourc« for Lebwin's biography arejHucBAi^ himself zealous almost to excess in reforming abuses
(918-7o), Vila a. L^uinx m Surius, VUa SS., VI, 277-86, and • v.:« j:^«««« t« *k^ »ir»:. ^f ♦k« <(.x»»i» » u« ^^4^^A
k abbi4viat«d form in Mon. Oeim. SS., ll, 360-4; tr. in m his dioccse. In the affair of the regale he acted
CHBssT.CAurcA/fiAtoryo/BrOtoni/.XXIV. vii;RADBOD,£cto0a as intermediary between Rome and Versailles, and
ei Sarmo (on Lebwin) mHvjuva,\h ^9; \i^^ showed creditable courage before the omnipotent
iZ^.ii:;^^rD^'dlkJ'^B^:s. ^:^i'e^'nlV'^^"^'^ Louis Xiy innocent XI^ havmg made him ca^niinal
Thomas Kennedy. instead of Harlay, presented by the king, he was not
allowed till 1689 to go to Rome to receive the insignia
La 0*mns,EMiLB-PAUirO>N8TANT-ANGE, preacher, of his dignity. Le Camus founded in the Diocese of
theologian, scripturist, Bishop of La Rochelle and Grenoble two seminaries and several charitable insti-
Saintes, b. at Paraza, France, 24 August, 1839; d. at tutions. Besides a "Recueil d'ordonnances syno-
Malvisade, near Castelnaudary, France, 28 Septem- dales" we have from him the** Ddfensede la Viiginit^
ber, 1906. He made his preparatory studies at Car- perpdtuelle de la Mdre de Dieu " (Paris, 1680), and
cassonne, and then entered the theological seminary numerous letters published by Ingold.
of St-Sulpice at Paris. In 1861 he went to Rome, BELLirr, //M^oircduCany truiZL«<7amuj» (Paris, 1886); Saintb-
where he received hte doctorate in theology, and in the f^^^fl^T^'^^^'U^^t^^^i^Vl^^^^fZ^
following year, 20 December, 1862, he was ordained ^e to vie de M. U dardiruii Le Camua (l*am. 1720); Incjold,
priest at Carcassonne, France. He at once revealed Lettres du Card. Le Camus in Bulletin de V Academic DelphinoiM,
remarkable oratorical powers, and in 1867 he was in- ^nd senes, I. J, F. Soluer. vited to preach the Lenten sermons at Avignon, for * xi # • which he was made honorary canon. This same hon- -Le Oaron, Joseph, one of the four pioneer imssiODr our was again conferred upon him somewhat later by anes of Canada and first missionanr to the Ilurons Mgr Las Cazes, Bishop of Constantme (Algeria), who (q- v.), b. near Paris in 1586; d. m France, 29 March, also chose Le Camus as his theologian at the Vatican 1632. He embraced the ecclesiastical state and was Council. In 1875 Le Camus was appointed assistant chaplam to the Duke of Orl^ns. When that pnnce duwtor of the Dominican school at Sorez, France, but died, Le Caron joined the RecoUects and made his soon after he became head of the new school of St. profession m 1611. On 24 April, 1615, he sailed from Francis de Sales, which he established at Castelnau- Honfleur, reached Canada on 25 May, and unmedi. dary. Here he laboured until 1887, when he resigned ately went to Sault St. Louis. After a short tune he his position as director in order to devote himself ex- travelled to Quebec, provided hunself with a portable clufli vely to the study of the New Testament. To ^^^^ service, returned to the Sault, and went into the equip hunself properly for this study, and especially to land of the Hurons, bemg the first to visit their settle- study the topography of the Holy Land, he made his ments and preach the Gospel. He stayed with them first journey to the East in the following year (1888). about a year, and was again among them m 1623. In This was followed by several other visits, and the re- 1616 he returned to France to look after the spiritual suite of his travels and studies were published at var- and material mter^ts of the colony. The fol owing ious times. While pursuing his Scriptural studies, spring saw him m Canada again, as provmcial com- Le Camus also found time to preach several ecclesias- missary. During the wmtere of 1618 and 1622 he tical retreats at Lyons, Montpellier, Paris, and Rome, evangelized the Montagnais of Tadousac. In 1625 he In 1897 he was elected theological canon of Carcas- was once more in trance, returned to Canada a year Sonne, and on 6 April, 1901, he received his appoint- later, was elected superior of his order at Quebec, and ment as Bishop of La Rochelle and Saintes. He was ^Ued this office until the capture of Quebec by the consecrated at Carcassonne, 2 July, 1901, by Cardinal Enelish in 1629, when he and his colleagues were sent Lecot. Even as bishop, Le Camus continued his work back to France by the conquerors. on the New Testament, and also pubhshed several let- Le Caron was a saintly man, given to the practice of ten and pamphlete on ecclesiastical topics. austerities, but gentle towards others. He died of the His more important works are: "La Vie de Notre- plague in the convent of Ste-Marguerite in France. Swgneur J&us<:airist", 3 vols., 6th ed., 1901 (trans- We owe to him the first dictionary of the Huron lan- Ut^»H infy> F.n<r1i»h rUrmAn anH TtAlinn^• "Vnviuroa Kuagc. The * ' Bibliothcca Uuiversa Frauciscaua" of
•• Yraie et 1« ausse HJxegese '; " Lettre sur la i? ormation wruu? aiso v^uajrimoiua x\ u vw r muuias v^^xupiiuut
Ecclfeiastique des S^minaristes"; "Lettre r^lant la of New France). . « ^ . ,^.,., vr . « . .
rfonraniaaUon des dtudes eccl^iastiques"; "M6- ^^j^frechronol.deJapwmncedeSt-D^^^^
^*'!***^^T^ - ^ .-V^ 1 ^^*^"«»'M 1 » J , Mortuologe dc8 ItrcoUcte dc la province de St-Denis {ISLie Bev&i'
move addresse a MM. les deputes membres de la t^enth- century MS., in the archives of Quebec seminary);
Commission des Congregations". Champlain, CEuvres. ed. Laveroikre (6 vols.. Quebec, 1870);
BuUetin Trimettriel des Anciena Elkvea de St-SuMce, n. xliii SAOARD,//i«toireduCana<to,ed.TR083(4 vols.. Paris, 18^^
(16 Nov„ 1906), 460-64; New York Review, II, n. lii, 496; II, S^R^'Q- PrrmicrEtabltsaement de la Fox dans la Nouvelle France
vl, 773-60. (2 vols.. Pans. 1691).
F. X. E. Albert. Oporic-M. Jouve.
Le Ctamiui, Etienne, French cardinal, b. at Paris, Lecce, Diocese of (LiaENSis), suffragan of 1632; d. at Grenoble, 1707. Through the influence of Otranto. Lecce, the capital of a province in Terra his fa^r, Nicolas le Camus, a state councillor, he was d'Otranto in Apulia, seven and a half miles from the when still very younff attached to tb« court as al- sea, is an industrial and commercial city (tobacco, of the long, and enjoyed the friendship of Bos- grain, wine, oil, woven goods). Marble quarries are
