Jean-Jacques Olier

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Olier, engraving by Nicolas Pitau

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Jean-Jacques Olier: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 29, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Mar 29, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 16, 2023
	Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Jean-Jacques Olier.	Shiveta Singh	Jan 20, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998