Saint john marie vianney biography
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St. John Mary VianneyFeast day: Aug 04
John Vianney, also known as the Holy Curé de Ars, was born May 8, 1786 in Dardilly, near Lyon, France to a family of farmers. He was ordained a priest in 1815 and became curate in Ecully. He was then sent to the remote French community of Ars in 1818 to be a parish priest.
Upon his arrival, the priest immediately began praying and working for the conversion of his parishioners. Although he saw himself as unworthy of his mission as pastor, he allowed himself to be consumed by the love of God as he served the people.
Vianney slowly helped to revive the community’s faith through both his prayers and the witness of his lifestyle. He gave powerful homilies on the mercy and love of God, and it is said that even staunch sinners were converted upon hearing him. In addition, he restored his church, formed an orphanage, “La Providence,” and cared for the p
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St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney
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Curé of Ars, born at Dardilly, near Lyons, France, on 8 May, 1786; died at Ars, 4 August, 1859; son of Matthieu Vianney and Marie Beluze.
In 1806, the curé at Ecully, M. Balley, opened a school for ecclesiastical students, and Jean-Marie was sent to him. Though he was of average intelligence and his masters never seem to have doubted his vocation, his knowledge was extremely limited, being confined to a little arithmetic, history, and geography, and he found learning, especially the study of Latin, excessively difficult. One of his fellow-students, Matthias Loras, afterwards first Bishop of Dubuque, assisted him with his Latin lessons.
But now another obstacle presented itself. Young Vianney was drawn in the conscript
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John Vianney
French Catholic priest and saint (1786–1859)
Saint John Vianney | |
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| Born | Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney (1786-05-08)8 May 1786 Dardilly, Lyonnais, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 4 August 1859(1859-08-04) (aged 73) Ars-sur-Formans, Ain, French Empire |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Anglican Communion[1] |
| Beatified | 8 January 1905, Vatican City bygd Pope Pius X |
| Canonized | 31 May 1925, Vatican City bygd Pope Pius XI |
| Major shrine | Shrine of St. John Vianney, Ars-sur-Formans, Ain, France |
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| Attributes | Cassock, surplice, preaching bands, stole, rosary, crucifix, and a Bible |
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John Vianney (born Jean-Marie Vianney and later Jean-Marie-BaptisteVianney;[2] 8 May 1786 – 4 August 1859) was a French Catholic priest often referred to as the Curé d'Ars ("the parish priest of Ars"). He is known for his priestly and pastoral work in his parish in Ars, France, resulting in the radical spiritual transformatio