Louis Marie de Montfort, + 1716; from Brittany; studied at Saint Sulpice; hospital chaplain and founder of the Congregation of the daughters of Wisdom; apostolic missionary whose preaching led to a spiritual revival in his native Brittany; established numerous confraternities for the recitation of the rosary; founded the Missionaries of the Company of Mary (SMM); chief work: True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin