Birthdate: January 31, 1673

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Montfort-sur-Meu, France

Died: April 28, 1716

Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort is known as a preacher and was made a missionary apostolic by Pope Clement XI. The French Roman Catholic priest also authored several books which later became classic Catholic titles and influenced several popes. An early writer in the field of Mariology, he published Secret of the Rosary and True Devotion to Mary about Marian devotions.