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St. John Berchmans

Born: 13 March 1599 at Driest, Brabant, Belgium Died: 12 August 1621 at Rome, Italy, relics at Saint Ignatius Church, Rome Canonized: 15 January 1888 by Pope Leo XIII Patronage: altar boys, altar girls, altar servers, Oblate novices, young people. Also known as Jan Berchmans Son of a shoemaker, and one of five children, three […]

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