Saint of the Day – 10 April – Saint Michael de Sanctis

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Today is Friday, March 29, 2024

The Memorial of Saint Michael de Sanctis

Saint Michael de Sanctis is the Patron Saint of Cancer patients,
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Saint Michael de Sanctis Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Feast Day, Beatification Date, Canonization DateMatrimony/Holy OrdersPriests who became Saints

Saint Michael de Sanctis brief life History

Date of Birth 29 September 1591
Country of Birth Spain in Europe
Profession Priest; Discalced Trinitarian
Place of Work Spain
Date of Death 10 April 1625 (aged 33)
Place of Death Valladolid, Old Castile, Spain
Feast Day 10 April
Beatification By Pope Pius VI on 24 May 1779 in Rome
Canonization By Pope Pius IX on 8 June 1862 in Rome
Patron Saint of Cancer patients,
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Saint Michael de Sanctis Short life History

Saint Miguel de Sanctis ia also known as
• Michael de Sanctis
• Michael of the Saints
• Michael the Ecstatic

He decided at age six that he wanted to be a monk, and imposed such austerities on himself as a child that he had to be restrained.

After being orphaned, he became the apprentice of a merchant.
• He tried to join the Trinitarian monastery in Barcelona, Spain at age 12.
• He took his vows at age 15 at the monastery of Saint Lambert at Zaragoza, Spain on 5 September 1607.
• he later felt drawn to the more austere Discalced Trinitarians; began his novitiate at Madrid, Spain, studied in Seville, Spain and Salamanca, Spain, and took vows at Alcalá, Spain.
• He became a priest.
• He was twice elected superior of the monastery at Valladolid, Spain.
• He lived a life of prayer and great mortification; especially devoted to the Holy Eucharist, and is said to have been rapt in ecstasy several times during Consecration.
• He was considered by his brothers to be a saint in life.

Today’s Catholic Quote:

Saint Michael de Sanctis was born on 29 September 1591 at Vich, Catalonia, Spain and died on 10 April 1625 at Valladolid, Spain of natural causes

 


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