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Attended the College Royal which was staffed by both priests and laymen and thus enjoyed a Catholic education - an advantage denied to many schools, where only lip-service was paid to the official religion.
While at University in Paris, he made friends with leaders of the Liberal Catholic movement who were campaigning for separation of the Church from State control.
Along with a Catholic newspaper editor, Emmanuel Bailly, formed a debating group called the Society of History which discussed topics connected with developments in the church.
In response to criticisms that no practical action resulted from such debating groups, Frederic, along with some friends form the Society of History formed a new and independent group called the Conference of Charity.
Towards the end of April 1833 this became the Society of St Vincent de Paul which 20 years later had grown from 8 members to 20,000!
Frederic died in Marseilles on the 8th September 1853.
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