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Abb� Pierre, GOQ was a French Catholic priest, member of the Resistance during World War II, and deputy of the Popular Republican Movement.
In 1949, he founded the Emmaus movement, with the goal of helping poor and homeless people and refugees. Abb� means abbot in French, and is also used as a courtesy title given to Catholic priests in French-speaking countries. He was one of the most popular figures in France, but had his name removed from such polls after some time.
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- Abbé Pierre
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August 5th, 1912 in Lyon as Henri Marie Joseph Grouès / Died: Jan 22nd, 2007
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2007/01/24
The celebrity has been marked as passed away
2005/11/06
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2005/11/06
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