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LEFEVRE LEF^VRE (called also FAVRE, FAIVRE, and FABER), Pierre, the first associate in Paris of Ignatius Loyola, born at Villaret, Upper Savoy, April 13 or 14, 1506, died in Rome, Aug. 1, 1546. His parents were peasants, but he re- ceived a classical education, graduated at the university of Paris in 1530, and began to lecture on philosophy at the college Ste. Barbe, where Ignatius Loyola was his pupil. He was ordained priest in 1534, and in 1537 went to Rome and obtained for Loyola and his com- panions the pope's consent to their going to Palestine. In November he was appointed professor of theology in the Sapienza college at Rome, and was chosen in 1538 to visit and re- form the diocese of Parma. He was the first Jesuit to enter Germany, where he labored with great success at Worms, Spire, Nuremberg, Mentz, and Cologne, disputing publicly with the reformers when necessary, but chiefly confining himself to persuade nobles, clergy, and people to lead edifying lives. He visited the Nether- lands twice ; went to Portugal at the request of King John III. in 1544, and regulated the college founded at Coimbra for the education of young Jesuits ; founded in Spain the Jesuit colleges of Valladolid, Alcald, Madrid, Valencia, and Gandia; and visited and reformed several dioceses by order of the bishops. He was re- called to Rome in February, 1546, set out on foot, and died of a violent fever soon after his arrival. He had stopped for a few days at Villaret while on his way to Spain in 1543, and did much to instruct and elevate the people who flocked from every direction to see him. Even then they called him "blessed" and "saint." After his death they canonized him spontaneously. A chapel was built in his memory near his father's house, with the sanc- tion of the bishop. This cultus was approved by St. Francis of Sales, who visited and em- bellished the chapel. St. Francis Xavier placed his name in the litany of the saints ; and this veneration was shared by St. Ignatius and St. Francis Borgia. In 1872, in response to a petition of the bishop and clergy of Annecy, the congregation of rites approved (Aug. 31) the honor paid in Savoy to the Blessed Pierre Lefevre, and this was confirmed by Pius IX., Sept. 5. His feast is celebrated on Aug. 1. See Father Giuseppe Boero, "Life of the Blessed Peter Favre," containing a " memo- rial " or autobiography of the saint (translated from the Italian, London, 1873). LE FLO, Adolphe Emmanuel Charles, a French soldier, born at Lesneven, Finistere, Nov. 2, 1804. He served in Algeria, and in 1848 at- tained the rank of brevet brigadier general, and was sent as envoy to St. Petersburg. Re- turning to France in March, 1849, he became a member of the constituent assembly, and subsequently of the legislative assembly. He evinced decided hostility to the schemes of Louis Napoleon for the restoration of the em- pire, and was among the first members arrested on Dec. 2, 1851. He lived in exile till 1859, LEGACY 315 when he returned to France. In 1870-'71 he was minister of war in the government of na- tional defence, and afterward in that of Thiers. He was also returned for Brest to the national assembly at Bordeaux, in which, however, he took no prominent part. In the summer of 1871 he was sent as ambassador to Russia. LEFLORE, a N. W. county of Mississippi, formed since the census of 1870 ; area, about 700 sq. m. The Tallahatchie and Yallabusha rivers unite in the N. part to form the Yazoo, which bounds the county partly on the S. E. The surface is level and the soil very fertile. Capital, McNutt. LEFORT, or Le Fort, Francois, a Russian gen- eral, of Swiss origin, born in Geneva in 1656, died in Moscow, March 12, 1699. He early became a cadet of the Swiss guards in the French service, entered the army of Holland in 1674, and soon after went to Russia, where he received a captain's commission from the czar Alexis, and fought against the Turks and Tartars. After the death of Feodor III. in 1682, and the joint accession of the half broth- ers Ivan and Peter, he espoused the interests of the latter, took an active part in the move- ment which raised him to supreme author- ity in 1689, by removing his sister Sophia from the court, and at once became his chief minister. Peter intrusted to him the reorgan- ization of the army after the European model, and appointed him general admiral, in which capacity he vigorously seconded the czar's ef- forts for the creation of a navy. In celebra- tion of the first success of the new army and navy in the taking of Azov in 1696, a magnifi- cent triumphal entry was prepared for the troops, in which Lefort, borne on a chariot in the form of a marine shell, held the place of honor, the czar walking behind him. He aid- ed in quelling the insurrection of the strelitzes, and died in consequence of wounds received on that occasion. Lefort also exercised great influence in ameliorating the laws of Russia, secured religious toleration for foreigners, and was either the orginator or promoter of many of the grand improvements which distinguished the reign of Peter the Great. LEFUEL, Hector Martin, a French architect, born in Versailles, Nov. 14, 1810. He studied in Paris and Rome, and in 1848 exhibited his famous designs for a monument in a Florentine palace. He was appointed architect of the palace of Meudon, and subsequently of Fon- taineblean. Upon the death of Visconti in De- cember, 1853, he modified the plans of the lat- ter for the new Louvre, which he completed in 1857. He has executed many public edifices, among which is the palace of fine arts for the exposition of 1855. He was admitted to the institute in 1855, and is professor in the school of fine arts, and chief architect of the national palaces. He is regarded rather as an eclectic in architecture than as an original genius. LEGACY (Lat. legatum, from legare, to be- queath), a gift of any personal property by