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Louis Querbes
French priest
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Born
21 August 1793
Vatican record
Died
1 September 1859
Vatican record
Venerable
2 October 2019
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 2 October 2019 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2019)
Who they were
Louis Querbes (21 August 1793 – 1 September 1859) was a Catholic priest in France who founded the Clerics of Saint Viator (CSV), a religious order which specializes in teaching.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
No miracle approved yet
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q1982927 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Louis Querbes (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.