Blessed HyacinthMarie Cormier

Blessed Hyacinthmarie Cormier

Also known as: Louis-Stanislas-Henri Cormier; Henri Cormier Bracquemond

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

21 May (chosen in rememberance of the date of his election to Master of the Dominicans); 17 December (Martyrologium Romanum)

Born

8 December 1832 in Orléans, Loiret, France as Henri Cormier Bracquemond

Died

12:30pm on 17 December 1916 at the priory of the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome, Italy of natural causes; interred at the church of San Domenico e San Sisto, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rome in December 1934

Beatified

20 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

14 May 1983 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Hyacinth-Marie Cormier, also known as Louis-Stanislas-Henri Cormier, was born on 8 December 1832 in Orléans, Loiret, France as Henri Cormier Bracquemond. Born into a family of wealthy merchants, he experienced early loss as his father, François-Bernard Cormier, passed away when Henri was just a small boy, followed by the death of his brother. Fortunately, his uncle, a parish priest, played an instrumental role in raising him.