Francisque Gay

Francisque Gay was a French editor, politician and diplomat. He was committed to the Catholic Church and to Christian democracy. He ran the Bloud et Gay publishing house for many years, and edited the influential journals La Vie Catholique and lAube . He helped publish clandestine journals during the German occupation of France in World War II . After the war he was a deputy from 1945 to 1951, and participated in three cabinets in 194546.

Francisque Gay was born onMay 1885 in Roanne, Loire, son of a plumbing contractor. He was educated by the Marists of Charlieu, then by the Lazarists of Lyon. In 1903, when he was aged 18, Gay helped at the national congress of the Cercles dtudes in Lyon. There he was impressed by the views of Marc Sangnier, founder of Le Sillon . He went to Paris to visit Sangnier at his home on the boulevard Raspail and to offer his help with Le Sillon. He was deeply influenced by Sangniers views on Social Catholicism, and founded a branch of Le Sillon in Roanne. He contributed to Le Sillons journal, Dmocratie.

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