John Berchmans
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 403 years ago |
Date of birth | March 13,1599 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Diest |
Belgium | |
Date of died | August 13,1621 |
Died | Rome |
Italy | |
Place of burial | Rome, Italy |
Chiesa di Sant' Ignazio di Loyola, Rome, Italy | |
Parents | Elizabeth Berchmans |
John Charles | |
Books | Manual - Scholar's Choice Edition |
Feast | 26 November ; 13 August (after 1969) |
Canon | 1888-01-15 00:00:00 |
Beatifi | 28 May 1865 |
Major shrine | Sant'Ignazio |
Education | Pontifical Gregorian University |
Attribut | Often depicted with hands clasped, holding his crucifix, his book of rules, and his rosary |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 791190 |
John Berchmans Life story
John Berchmans, SJ was a Jesuit scholastic and is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church. In 1615, the Jesuits opened a college at Mechelen, Belgium and Berchmans was one of the first to enroll.