Father Abbot Ferrand passed away the following year, 1681. Eulogies and tributes attested to his largesse, erudite guidance and determination to make the Abbey Saint Victor a more outward-looking society – a religious order that cared for people in the community as for the monks within the monastery.
Father Abbot Ferrand
Prior-Almoner Baudet was elected as abbot to succeed Ferrand. Throughout his tenure, he stood by his mantra of “doing good things”. One day, shortly after his accession to the abbotship, he sought the privacy of a side chapel where, kneeling on a hassock, he began to pray.
Prior-Almoner Baudet His prayers soon became contemplations of those who had helped him on his journey.
“Monsieur and Madame Dizier, such honest folk who took me in as a son. They had more religion
