Confessor.
(1556-1648).
Among the great educators of the people, our Saint Joseph Calasanz stands out. He was born in Peralta de la Sal, in Huesca. After an exemplary life in priestly ministry, he went to Rome, where he emulated the charity of his companion Saint Camillus of Lelis with the sick.
At the age of forty he founded the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools, also called Piarists, and he governed and propagated it for fifty most holy years. He suffered such terrible setbacks with such heroic patience that the Church venerates him as a prodigy of strength similar to the Holy Job.
Pius XII declared him Patron of popular Christian schools. The sacred liturgy celebrates mainly the educator of childhood and youth.
V: Saint Joseph Calasanz.
A: Pray for us.
Info of the Saint:
| Feast | August 27 |
| Born | Sep. 11, 1557 Peralta de la Sal, Aragón |
| Died | Aug. 25, 1648 (aged 90) Rome, Papal States |
| Nationality | Spaniard |
| Canonization | July 16, 1767 by Pope Clement XIII |
| Patronage | Founder of the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools |
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