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Julian Maunoir
French Jesuit priest (1606-1683)
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Feast: 29 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1606
Died
1683
Beatified
4 March 1951
unverified
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the village of Plévin in Brittany in France, Blessed Julian Maunoir, priest of the Society of Jesus, who, in towns and villages as much as in the cities of this province, devoted himself entirely for forty-two years to missions to the people.
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 28 January as a Jesuit who gave forty-two years to preaching missions across Brittany.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q251431 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Julian Maunoir (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.