Philanthropist, educator and founder of the Brothers of the Christians Schools, first Roman Catholic congregation of male nonclerics devoted solely to schools, learning and teaching.
Of noble birth he was ordained priest in 1678 and devoted himself to education of the poor.
He helped to establish charity schools in Reims and subsequently formed his teachers into a religious order (1684).
He also set up boarding schools for middle class boys, reformatories and -for the first time- training colleges for secular teachers.
In 1725 Pope Benedict XIII raised La Salle´s congregation to the status of a papal institute.
La Salle was canonized in n1900 by Pope Leo XIII and his feast day is May 15.
Among his writings are Les Devoirs d´un chrétien (1703, The Duties of a Christian), two series of Méditations (1730-31) and La Conduite des écoles chrétiennes (1720, The Conduct of Christian Schools).
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