Louis Le Cardonnel

Louis Le Cardonnel was born on 22 February 1862 in Valence, Drôme, France. He was of Irish descent. His father, Louis Aimable Le Cardonnel, was an engineer. His mother, Amély Joséphine Cumin, was the owner of a clothing shop. His brother, Georges Le Cardonnel, was a novelist and critic. Le Cardonnel briefly attended a seminary in Issy-les-Moulineaux before dropping out. He subsequently attended another seminary in Rome, and he was an ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1896. ==Career==

Le Cardonnel served as a priest until 1900, when he joined the Order of Saint Benedict and became an oblate. He began composing poetry while he was a priest in France, then resumed poetry in Tuscany, Italy for nine years. ==Death==

Le Cardonnel died on 28 May 1936 in Avignon. ==Works==