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Detail Of An Illustration Of Blessed Julian Maunoir Date And Artist Unknown Chapelle De Ty Mamm Doué Quimper France Photographed On 16 November 2011 On MoreauHenri
Detail Of An Illustration Of Blessed Julian Maunoir Date And Artist Unknown Chapelle De Ty Mamm Doué Quimper France Photographed On 16 November 2011 On MoreauHenri

Blessed Julian Maunoir

Also known as: Julien Maunoir; Apostle of Brittany

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

28 January; 2 July (Jesuits)

Born

1 October 1606 at Saint-Georges-de-Reitembault, France

Died

8pm on 28 January 1683 at Plévin, France of natural causes; buried in the parish church at Plévin

Beatified

20 May 1951 by Pope Pius XII

Venerated

6 March 1949 by Pope Pius XII (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Julian Maunoir, also known as Julien Maunoir and revered as the Apostle of Brittany, was born on 1 October 1606 in Saint-Georges-de-Reitembault, France. He was raised in a pious home that nurtured his spiritual growth from an early age. Julian had the privilege of being a classmate of Saint Isaac Jogues, renowned for his missionary work in North America. Following in the footsteps of his classmate, Julian joined the Society of Jesus in 1625.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1951-05-20 by 20 May 1951 by Pope Pius XII

Feast Days

January 28July 2
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