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Detail Of An Official Portrait Of Blessed Basil Anthony Marie Moreau 1955 Artist Unknown Blessed Basil Anthony Marie Moreau
Detail Of An Official Portrait Of Blessed Basil Anthony Marie Moreau 1955 Artist Unknown Blessed Basil Anthony Marie Moreau

Blessed Basil Anthony Marie Moreau

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

20-Jan

Born

11 February 1799 in Laigné-en-Belin, Sarthe, France

Died

20 January 1873 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France of natural causes

Beatified

15 September 2007 at Centre Antarès, Le Mans, France by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition Mass celebrated by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins; his beatification miracle was the 1948 cure of a Canadian woman suffering from pleuritis of the left lung, and was formally acknowledged on 28 April 2006

Venerated

12 April 2003 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, also known as Blessed Basil Moreau, was born on 11 February 1799 in Laigné-en-Belin, Sarthe, France. He was the ninth of fourteen children born into a poor but pious family during the tumultuous period of the French Revolution. His parents, who were deeply devoted to their faith, played an active role in the Catholic underground movement that sought to preserve the faith during the anti-religious revolution.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified2007-09-15 by 15 September 2007 at Centre Antarès, Le Mans, France by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition Mass celebrated by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins; his beatification miracle was the 1948 cure of a Canadian woman suffering from pleuritis of the left lung, and was formally acknowledged on 28 April 2006
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