Blessed JeanMarie Joseph Lataste

Blessed Jeanmarie Joseph Lataste

Also known as: Alcide-Vital Lataste

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

10-Mar

Born

5 September 1832 in Cadillac-sur-Garonne, Gironde, France as Alcide-Vital

Died

10 March 1869 in Frasne-Le-Château, Haute-Saône, France of tuberculosis; as he died, he was softly singing the Salve Regina; buried in Frasne-Le-Château on 12 March 1869; re-interred in a chapel in the convent of the Sisters of Bethany in Montferrand-le-Château, France in 1870; since the day of his burial, parishioners and pilgrims have left letters and notes on his tomb, asking for his intercession

Beatified

3 June 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI; the beatification recognition was celebrated at the Parc des Expositions Micropolis, Besançon, France, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato; the beatification miracle involved a healing in 1942 in the diocese of Namur, Belgium (I do not yet have the details -ed.)

Venerated

1 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Jeanmarie Joseph Lataste, also known as Alcide-Vital Lataste, was born on 5 September 1832 in Cadillac-sur-Garonne, Gironde, France. He was the youngest of seven children born to Vital, a cloth merchant and vineyard owner, and Jeanne Lataste.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2012-06-03 by 3 June 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI; the beatification recognition was celebrated at the Parc des Expositions Micropolis, Besançon, France, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato; the beatification miracle involved a healing in 1942 in the diocese of Namur, Belgium (I do not yet have the details -ed.)