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Joseph Calasanz
Sign in to saveAlso known as Saint José de Calasanz, de Calasanz, Saint José, Calasanctius, Saint Joseph, José de, Saint Calasancz, de Calasanz José Saint, Joseph Casalanctius, Josephy Calasanz
Spanish writer and saint
Key facts
- Born
- 11 September 1557, Peralta de la Sal, Kingdom of Aragon , Crown of Aragon
- Died
- 25 August 1648 (aged 90), Rome , Papal States
- Venerated in
- Catholic Church
- Beatified
- 7 August 1748, Rome, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIV
- Canonized
- 16 July 1767, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement XIII
- Major shrine
- San Pantaleo, Rome
- Feast
- August 25 August 27 , (Pre-1969 General Roman Calendar )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Aragon
- Place of birth
- Peralta de la Sal
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- regular cleric
- Educated at
- University of Alcalá
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Image
- CalassançMontserat.jpg
- Religious order
- Piarists
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- Commons category
- Joseph Calasanctius
- date of birth
- 1556-09-11
- date of death
- 1648-08-25
- canonization status
- Catholic saint
- described by source
- Wikitólica
- place of burial
- San Pantaleo, Rome
- religious name
- Josephus a Matre Dei
- feast day
- August 25
- birth name
- José de Calasanz y Gastón
- depicted by
- The last communion of St Joseph of Calasanz
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Calasanz Sch.P. (Catalan: Josep de Calassanç; Spanish: José de Calasanz; Italian: Giuseppe Calasanzio; September 11, 1557 – August 25, 1648), also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Josephus a Matre Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free education to poor boys. For this purpose he founded the religious order that ran them, commonly known as the Piarists. He became a close friend of the renowned astronomer Galileo Galilei. Joseph is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church, following his 1767 papal canonisation.
Early biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joseph Calasanz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.