Blessed Columba Marmion
Also known as: Joseph Marmion; Joseph Aloysius Marmion
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
January 30
Born
April 1, 57
Died
January 30, 1923
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.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2000-09-03 by 3 September 2000 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter‘s Basilica, Rome, Italy
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