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 |
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Date of Birth | 29 September 1591 |
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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, Vic |
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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