St André-Hubert Fournet – Feast Day – May 13

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St André-Hubert Fournet was a priest and co-founder of the Sisters of the Cross. He was born on December 6 1752 in Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, Vienne, France and died on May 13 1834 at the age of 81 in La Puye, Vienne, France. We celebrate his feast day on May 13 every year in the Catholic Church.

 

The Memorial of St. André-Hubert Fournet – Feast Day

St André-Hubert Fournet Biography

Date of Birth December 6 1752
Country of Birth Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, Vienne, France
Matrimony/Holy Orders Saints who were Priests
Profession Priest
Place of Work France
Date of Death May 13 1834
Place of Death La Puye, Vienne, France
Feast Day May 13
Beatification Beatified by Pope Pius XI on May 16 1926
Canonization Canonized by Pope Pius XI on June 4 1933
Patron Saint of Sisters of the Cross

Saint’s Biography

Saint André-Hubert Fournet had a strong religious education and was nagged by his mother to become a priest. Andrew resisted and tried to study in Poitiers, but began to lead a wild life. After school, his mother persuaded him to stay with his uncle, a priest. The uncle’s good example moved Andrew so much that he turned his life around, returned to his studies and felt the call to a vocation. Andrew became a pastor assigned to Maille, France.

During the French Revolution, he refused to make an oath that renounced the church. Andrew fled to Spain in 1792 for five years and then returned to his parish. Andrew and Saint Jeanne Elizabeth Bichier des Ages, a local holy woman, founded the Daughters of the Cross of Saint Andrew. He died on May 13, 1834 in La Puye, Vienne, France for natural causes.

Saint André-Hubert Fournet
St. André-Hubert Fournet

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