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Detail Of An Antique Italian Holy Card Of Blessed Pontius Of Faucigny Date And Artist Unknown
Detail Of An Antique Italian Holy Card Of Blessed Pontius Of Faucigny Date And Artist Unknown

Blessed Pontius Of Faucigny

Also known as: Pontius of Sixt Ponzio…; Ponzio…

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

26-Nov

Born

C.1100 in Faucigny, Savoy (in modern France)

Died

26 November 1179 in Sixt, Savoy (in modern France) of natural causes; buried in the abbey church; relics enshrined in the church at an unknown date; Saint Francis de Sales, having a devotion, took some relics on 14 November 1620

Beatified

15 December 1896 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Biography

Blessed Pontius of Faucigny, also known as Pontius of Sixt or Ponzio, was born around the year 1100 in the region of Faucigny, Savoy (in modern France). He was born into a noble family and received a sound education befitting his station.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1896-12-15 by 15 December 1896 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)
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