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- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information about Saint John Francis Regis
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- Date of Birth and Death
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint John Francis Regis
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Missionary
Saint John Francis Regis Fast, concise facts and information about Saint John Francis Regis
The following provides fast and concise facts and information: - Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint John Francis Regis: June 16
- Description / Title of the Saint : Missionary
- Date of Birth: Saint John Francis Regis was born 1597
- Date of Death: Saint John Francis Regis died 1637
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The Story and History of Saint John Francis Regis
The story and history of Saint John Francis Regis. Saint John Francis Regis was born in Languedoc, in 1597. From his tenderest years he showed evidences of uncommon sanctity by his innocence of life, modesty, and love of prayer. At the age of eighteen he entered the Society of Jesus. As soon as his studies were over, he gave himself entirely to the salvation of souls. The winter he spent in country missions, principally in mountainous districts; and in spite of the rigor of the weather and the ignorance and roughness of the inhabitants, he labored with such success that he gained innumerable souls to God both from heresy and from a bad life. The summer he gave to the towns. There his time was taken up in visiting hospitals and prisons, in preaching and instructing, and in assisting all who in any way stood in need of his services. In his works of mercy God often helped him by miracles. In November, 1637, the Saint set out for his second mission at Marthes. His road lay across valleys filled with snow and over mountains frozen and precipitous. In climbing one of the highest, a bush to which he was clinging gave way, and he broke his leg in the fall. By the help of his companion he accomplished the remaining six miles, and then, instead of seeing a surgeon, insisted on being taken straight to the confessional. There, after several hours, the curate of the parish found him still seated, and when his leg was examined the fracture was found to be miraculously healed. He was so inflamed with the love of God that he seemed to breathe, think, speak of that alone, and he offered up the Holy Sacrifice with such attention and fervor that those who assisted at it could not but feel something of the fire with which he burned. After twelve years of unceasing labor, he rendered his pure and innocent soul to his Creator, at the age of forty-four. Feast Day of Saint John Francis Regis
The Feast Day of Saint John Francis Regis is June 16. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven. |
Saint John Francis Regis- Short, concise biography of Saint John Francis Regis
- History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
- Fast, concise facts and information about Saint John Francis Regis
- Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint John Francis Regis - June 16
- History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
- Date of Death: 1637
- Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint John Francis Regis
- Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
- Description / Title of the Saint : Missionary
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