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Jean d'Espagne

Carthusian monk of the 12th century, blessed of the Catholic Church

BlessedResearchedCarthusian Order
Born
1123
Died
1160
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
not yet

Who they were

In the Charterhouse of Le Reposoir in Burgundy, in present-day France, Blessed Jean d'Espagne, monk, who wrote the statutes for the nuns of the Carthusian Order.

The miracles

The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 25 June as a Carthusian monk of Le Reposoir who wrote the statutes for the Carthusian nuns.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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