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Blessed Basil Anthony Marie Moreau

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

January 20

Born

February 11, 1799

Died

January 20, 1873

Beatified

15 September 2007 at Centre Antarès, Le Mans, France by Pope Benedict XVI

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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