16th and 17th-century Spanish priest, educator, founder of the Piarists, and saint
Saint
Joseph Calasanz
SchP
Portrait by Francisco Jover y Casanova, currently held in the Museo del Prado
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)
Joseph CalasanzSch.P. (Spanish: José de Calasanz; Italian: Giuseppe Calasanzio), (September 11, 1557 – August 25, 1648), also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Iosephus 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 was a close friend of the renowned astronomer Galileo Galilei. Joseph is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church, following his 1767 papal canonization.
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clerics regular of the Catholic Church founded in 1617 by Spanish priest JosephCalasanz. It is the oldest religious order dedicated to education, and the main...
and free school in Europe was established on the initiative of Saint JosephCalasanz. On June 18, 1656, a part of the plaster peeled off a wall inside the...
of God of the Pious Schools (Piarists) - founded in 1617 by Saint JosephCalasanz takes care of the education for the poor and little children. Order...
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Grafenauer, Bogo (1925–1991). "Erberg Jožef Kalasanc baron" [Erberg JosephCalasanz baron]. In Cankar, Izidor; et al. (eds.). Slovenski biografski leksikon...
images of St. Martin, St. Placidus and St. Maurus (1898); the St. JosephCalasanz chapel with an altarpiece of Francesc Berenguer (1891); and that of...
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Clergy Teresa of Ávila • Robert Bellarmine • Charles Borromeo • JosephCalasanz • Peter Canisius • Erasmus • Ignatius of Loyola • John Eck • John Fisher •...
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XIII canonized four saints in his pontificate: Jerome Emiliani, JosephCalasanz, Joseph of Cupertino, and Seraphin of Montegranaro on 16 July 1767. Clement...
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October 2003. Retrieved 30 January 2011. Pliny the Younger, Letters 9.23. Joseph Archer Crowe (March 2011). Titian - His Life and Times, with some account...
ISBN 2912688655 Burda-Stengel, Felix (2013). Andrea Pozzo and Video Art. Saint Joseph's University Press, Philadelphia (in English) ISBN 978-0-916101-78-7 Pozzo...
Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-84542-936-2. Lataste, Joseph. "Pope St. Pius V." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 12. New York: Robert...
Clergy Teresa of Ávila • Robert Bellarmine • Charles Borromeo • JosephCalasanz • Peter Canisius • Erasmus • Ignatius of Loyola • John Eck • John Fisher •...
bishop of Verdun Black Legend (Spain) Popery Council of Jerusalem-Bethlehem Joseph Francis Kelly, The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History...
was burnt at the stake in Calvin's Geneva during the 16th century JosephCalasanz (1557–1648), Catholic priest who dedicated himself to the education...
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Pope Pius V. Translated by McHugh, John A.; Callan, Charles J. New York: Joseph F. Wagner, Inc. 1934. ISBN 9781929291236. Retrieved March 25, 2023. "Untitled...
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