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The Oratoire in the Rue Saint-Honoré, since devoted to protestant worship, was built in the year 1621 by M. de Berulle, since Cardinal, on the site of the Hôtel du Bouchage, once the residence of Gabrielle d'Estrées, the favourite mistress of Henry IV. The Convent of the Capucins, situated in the Place des Capucins, at present an Hospital.
Mid all the diplomatic negotiations which he undertook in Richelieu's name, and the intrigues he, with the queen-mother, often hatched against him, Cardinal Berulle founded the con gregation of the Oratory, designed to train up well-informed and pious young priests with a capacity for devoting themselves to the education of children as well as the edification of the people.
Nothing less than the resignation of his beloved Clichy was now asked of him by this friend to whom he owed so much. One of the greatest noblemen of France, Messire de Gondi, Count of Joigny and General of the King's Galleys, was in need of a tutor for his children and had commissioned Father de Bérulle to find him what he wanted.
"This humble priest," he predicted one day to a friend, "will render great service to the Church and will work much for God's glory." St. Francis de Sales, who made Vincent's acquaintance while he was with de Bérulle, was of the same opinion. "He will be the holiest priest of his time," he said one day as he watched him. As for Vincent, he was completely won by the gentle serenity of St.
It was at this time that Vincent met Father afterwards Cardinal de Bérulle, one of the most holy and learned priests of his time, who was occupied at that moment in founding the French Congregation of the Oratory, destined to do such good work for the clergy of France. De Bérulle was quick to recognize holiness and merit, and he and Vincent soon became fast friends.
Jean-Jacques Olier, member of a family which supplied the state with many trusty servitors, was the contemporary of, and a fellow-worker with, Vincent de Paul, Bérulle, Adrien de Bourdoise, Père Eudes, and Charles de Gondren, founders of congregations for the reform of ecclesiastical education, who played a prominent part in the preparatory reforms of the seventeenth century.
"Look at her, at the line of her neck, the fall of her shoulders still a young girl, and already a woman." "Yes, she is charming, and tolerably well off into the bargain." "Fifteen millions of her own, and the silver mine is still productive." "Berulle told me twenty-five millions, and he is very well up in American affairs." "Twenty-five millions! A pretty haul for Romanelli!" "What? Romanelli!"
"Look at her, at the line of her neck, the fall of her shoulders still a young girl, and already a woman." "Yes, she is charming, and tolerably well off into the bargain." "Fifteen millions of her own, and the silver mine is still productive." "Berulle told me twenty-five millions, and he is very well up in American affairs." "Twenty-five millions! A pretty haul for Romanelli!" "What? Romanelli!"
The ordinary ambassador, Count de Bethune, did not suffice for so delicate a negotiation; Richelieu sent Father Berulle.
"If we determine to act like Spain, we, like her, shall lose everything," said Father Berulle.
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