Who was St. John Vianney? And what is the Cure of Ars?
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St. John Mary Vianney was born on May 8, 1786, at Dardilly, near Lyon, in France.
Born of a very devout family, he was a young child during the French Revolution, a time when the Catholic clergy and religious were being exiled and murdered. He received his first Holy Communion at a time when the troops of the French Revolution passed through the region and closed the parish church.
His vocation was encouraged by a priest, and two years later St. John received the permission of his father to study for the priesthood. He was not an outstanding student, but he was finally ordained in 1815 at the age of 29.
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