Moral Aspects of Labour Unions
Jean-Baptiste-Henri Dominique Lacordaire
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius
René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec
Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette
Louis-François Richer Laflèche
Jean de La Haye (Jesuit Biblical scholar)
Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck
Lamb in Early Christian Symbolism
Jacques and Jean de Lamberville
Jean-Marie-Robert de Lamennais
Louis-Christophe-Leon Juchault de la Moricière
Archdiocese of Lanciano and Ortona
Land-Tenure in the Christian Era
The Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
Henri-Auguste-Georges du Vergier, Comte de la Rochejacquelein
René-Robert-Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
Baron Joseph Maria Christoph von Lassberg
Classical Latin Literature in the Church
Diocese of Lausanne and Geneva
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de Lavérendrye
Charles-Martial-Allemand Lavigerie
Influence of the Church on Civil Law
Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
Emile-Paul-Constant-Ange Le Camus
Ven. Louise de Marillac Le Gras
Diocese and Civil Province of Leon
Liber Diurnus Romanorum Pontificum
Ven. Francis Mary Paul Libermann
Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann
Justin Timotheus Balthasar, Freiherr von Linde
Ancient Diocese and Monastery of Lindisfarne
Etienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne
Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana
Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes
Diocese of Luni-Sarzana-Brugnato
Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse Lusignan
Diocese of Lutzk, Zhitomir, and Kamenetz
Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, b. at Villefranche-sur-Saône, Department of Rhône, 1824; d. at Reims, 1 Jan., 1905. He studied humanities in Paris at St-Nicolas du Chardonnet, under Dupanloup; and theology at St-Sulpice, where he was ordained, 1850. After nine years as curate at St-Roch, he became successively diocesan promoter 1859; curé of St-Ambroise, 1863; then of St-Augustin, 1868; Vicar-General of Paris, and archdeacon of Notre-Dame, 1871. Made Bishop of Tarbes, 1873, he was, the following year, translated to the archiepiscopal See of Reims. The thirty-one years of his episcopate were fruitful ones. Beside obtaining from the French legislature an appropriation of two millions of francs for the restoration of Reims cathedral, he secured for the Trappists the ancient Abbey of Igny, and for the Oratorians the priory of Binson, erected at Châtillon the colossal statue of Urban II, whose cultus he had promoted in Rome, built in the suburbs of his metropolis the churches of Ste-Geneviève, St-Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, St-Benoit, and Ste-Clothilde, this latter being afterwards made the seat of an archconfraternity of prayer for France, and the place of celebration of the fourteenth centenary of Clovis's baptism. When the law of school secularization came into effect, he filled his see with Catholic schools and founded four asylums for orphans. Created cardinal in 1886, he presided as papal legate over the Eucharistic Congresses of Jerusalem, Reims, and Lourdes.
A champion of every noble cause, he took an active part in the beatification of Joan of Arc, the panegyric which he pronounced at Orléans, 1885, being most eloquent. He fought vigorously the anti-religious legislation that was being prepared against Christian education, the religious orders, and the concordat. His "Déclaration des Cardinaux et exposé de la situation faite à l'église de France" (1892), and his "Lettre au Président de la République" (1904), remain as witnesses to his truly episcopal character. However, he cherished above all the title of "Cardinal des ouvriers" given him by the gratitude of the working class, whose interests, spiritual and material, he never ceased to champion. Langénieux enjoyed the friendship of Leo XIII, who consulted him on all matters concerning the Church in France. The universal esteem in which he was held was abundantly proved by the many decorations which European rulers bestowed on him and by the vast concourse of bishops, priests, and people at his two jubilees and at his funeral. His eulogy was pronounced by Bishop Latty, of Châlons, and Bishop Touchet, of Orléans. Beside the pamphlets mentioned above and a number of occasional discourses, we have from Langénieux's pen: eight pastoral letters (Tarbes, 1873); 231 mandements (Reims, 1874-1905); and "Abrege de l'Histoire de la Religion" (Paris, 1874).
FREZEL: Son Eminence le Cardinal Langénieux (Reims, 1905); IDEM in L'Episcopat francais (Paris, 1907), s.v. Tarbes. and Reims: COMPANS, Son Eminence le Cardinal Langénieux (Reims, 1887); see also La France chretienne a Reims en 1896 (Paris, 1896).
J.F. SOLLIER