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Pierre Bonhomme

French presbyter (1803-1861)

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Feast: 9 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
4 July 1803
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Died
1861
verified
Beatified
23 March 2003
by John Paul II
Canonised
not yet

Who they were

Pierre Bonhomme was born and baptised at Gramat, in the diocese of Cahors, on 4 July 1803, showing early a love of study, deep faith and a taste for simplicity and poverty. Ordained at Cahors, he opened a school at Gramat on 11 August 1827 while still a deacon.

He worked wonderfully for popular missions and the evangelisation of the countryside, and founded the Sisters of Our Lady of Calvary to care for the young, the sick and the poor.

The miracles

The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

A country priest-missioner who founded sisters for the young, the sick and the poor.

Sources

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