Paschal Baylón
Catholic lay brother (b. 1540, d. 1592) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paschal Baylón (24 May 1540 – 15 May 1592) was a Spanish Roman Catholic lay professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor. He served as a shepherd alongside his father in his childhood and adolescence, but desired to enter the religious life. He was refused once but later was admitted as a Franciscan lay brother and became noted for his strict austerities, as well as his love for and compassion towards the sick. He was sent to Paris, France; on the way he encounterd Calvinists and was nearly killed by a mob. He was best known for his strong and deep devotion to the Eucharist.
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Born | 16 May 1540 Torrehermosa, Aragon Spain |
Died | 17 May 1592(1592-05-17) (aged 52) Villarreal,[1] Aragon Kingdom, Spain |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 29 October 1618, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Paul V |
Canonized | 16 October 1690, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Alexander VIII |
Feast | 17 May |
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The process for his canonization opened and in 1618 he was beatified; Pope Alexander VIII canonized him a saint on 16 October 1690.
On 28 November 1897, Pope Leo XIII proclaimed St Paschal Baylón patron of Eucharistic Congresses and Confraternities.[3]