Medabronze city towards 1920.
From the estate of the abbot.
This medal is signed by the sculptor and Abbot A.-J. Corbierre.
Signed : AJ Corbierre
Obverse : Profile of F Ozanam .
Reverse : Commemorative text in Latin (Photo)
Dimension : 51mm.
Weight : 61g
Metal : bronze
Hallmark on the edge (mark on the edge) : triangle + bronze.
The engraver signs three manners :
In full “AJ Corbierre”
In full “AJ Corbierre”
With its initials AJC: A capital C containing an A and a J.
With his initials AJC: A backwards C containing A J upside down then an A ( identical to the second signature but reversedee)
Father A.-J. Corbierre is the author of:!
“Benedictine Numismatics. Scientific and liturgical history "
"Crosses and Medals of Saint Benedict. (Rome, 1904), "
of an “Illustrated Life of F. Ozanam” (Paris, 1913) and
of the “Seals of Montmartre”.
In good condition, nice strike and nice volume.
Quick and neat delivery.
Frédéric Ozanam's father, Jean-Antoine-François Ozanam (1773-1837), originally from Dombes, was the son of a royal notary, "castelain", of Chalamont; after studying law in Bourg-en-Bresse and Lyon, he was a notary's clerk in Pont d'Ain; “Soldier of Year II”, he joined the 1st Hussars regiment, became a second lieutenant in 1796 and participated until 1799, as a cavalry officer, in the Italian campaign. Returning to civilian life in 1800, he worked in a silk trading house in Lyon (Maison Dantoine), married Marie Nantas (1781-1839), daughter of a silk merchant from Lyon, Mathieu Nantas of whom Jean-Antoine-François became a partner before settling in Paris where he joined the house of one of his brothers-in-law (Haraneder Frères) but went bankrupt in 1803.
Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon in the 18th century
Italy attracts him; he left there in 1807 and ended up settling in 1809 in Milan, then capital of the Kingdom of ItalyNote 1. It is there that Jean-Antoine-François became a doctor in 1810 and that his son Frédéric was born. He returned to Lyon in 1816 where he was appointed to the Hôtel-Dieu as a substitute doctor in 1818 then as a permanent doctor from 1823 to 1834. Doctor Ozanam lives with his family on rue Pizay.
Frédéric Ozanam's father, Jean-Antoine-François Ozanam (1773-1837), originally from Dombes, was the son of a royal notary, "castelain", of Chalamont; after studying law in Bourg-en-Bresse and Lyon, he was a notary's clerk in Pont d'Ain; “Soldier of Year II”, he joined the 1st Hussars regiment, became a second lieutenant in 1796 and participated until 1799, as a cavalry officer, in the Italian campaign. Returning to civilian life in 1800, he worked in a silk trading house in Lyon (Maison Dantoine), married Marie Nantas (1781-1839), daughter of a silk merchant from Lyon, Mathieu Nantas of whom Jean-Antoine-François became a partner before settling in Paris where he joined the house of one of his brothers-in-law (Haraneder Frères) but went bankrupt in 1803.
Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon in the 18th century
Italy attracts him; he left there in 1807 and ended up settling in 1809 in Milan, then capital of the Kingdom of ItalyNote 1. It is there that Jean-Antoine-François became a doctor in 1810 and that his son Frédéric was born. He returned to Lyon in 1816 where he was appointed to the Hôtel-Dieu as a substitute doctor in 1818 then as a permanent doctor from 1823 to 1834. Doctor Ozanam lives with his family on rue Pizay.
The support