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See also:PIERRE See also:JEAN See also:BECKX (1795-1887)
, See also:general of the Society of Jesus, was See also:born at Sichem in See also:Belgium on the 8th of See also:February 1795, and entered the novitiate of the See also:order at See also:Hildesheim in 1819
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His first important See also:post was as See also:procurator for the See also:province of See also:Austria, 1847; next See also:year he became See also:rector of the Jesuit See also:college at See also:Louvain, and, after serving as secretary to the provincials of Belgium and Austria, was elected See also:head of the order in 1853
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His See also:tenure of See also:office was marked by an increased zeal for See also:missions in See also:Protestant lands, and by the removal of the society's headquarters from See also:Rome to See also:Fiesole near See also:Florence in 1870
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His See also:chief See also:literary See also:work was the often-translated See also:Month of See also:Mary (See also:Vienna, 1843)
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He retired in See also:September 1883, being succeeded by See also:Anthony M
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Anderledy, a Swiss, who had seen service in the See also:United States
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He died at Rome on the 4th of See also: |
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