He was born of poor parents, in France, ordained a priest in 1700, and died in 1716 when he was only forty-three years old. He founded the Order of the Daughters of Wisdom and also the Company of Mary (the Montfort Fathers). He was one of the greatest apostles of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the whole of Catholic history. His masterpiece on this subject, called True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, may well make him one day a Doctor of the Universal Church. He revived the practice of saying the Rosary, first begun by Saint Dominic, which was being neglected in his day. The true practice of saying the Rosary, according to Saint Dominic and Saint Louis Marie, and to another dear apostle of the Holy Rosary, Blessed Alan de la Roche, is to recite it daily and always to keep the Rosary beads on one’s person and in one’s house. Saint Louis Marie de Montfort was a tall, handsome, noble and heroic priest, constant in the thought of Mary, the Mother of God, in everything he did and said.
Our site has a longer biography of him here: Saint Louis Marie de Montfort.
Louis-Marie de Montfort with Marie-Louise Trichet, in the foundation of the Daughter of the Wisdom congregation (source)
