Blessed Columba Marmion
Also known as: Joseph Marmion; Joseph Aloysius Marmion
Feast Day
30 January; 3 October on some calendars
Born
1 April (Holy Thursday) 1858 at 57 Queen Street, Dublin, Ireland as Joseph Aloysius Marmion
Died
30 January 1923 at Maredsous Abbey, Denée, Namur, Belgium of influenza
Beatified
3 September 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter‘s Basilica, Rome, Italy
Venerated
28 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Biography
Blessed Columba Marmion, also known as Joseph Marmion and Joseph Aloysius Marmion, was born on April 1, 1858, in Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of an Irish father, William Marmion, and a French mother, Herminie Cordier. In 1874, Marmion entered the seminary in Dublin and continued his studies at the College for the Propagation of the Faith in Rome, Italy, from 1876.
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