Blessed Isidore of Saint Joseph
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- Also known as
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Isidore de Loor;
Brother of the Will of God
- Memorial
- 6 October
- Profile
- Oldest of three children born to a pious farm family, and loved working the fields.
Passionist lay brother, entering the congregation in 1906, and making his vows on 13 September 1908, taking the name Isidore of Saint Joseph.
Known for an intense prayer life, simplicity, charity.
Lost his right eye to cancer in 1911, and suffered through cancer during his few remaining years.
- Born
- 13 April 1881 at Vrasene, diocese of Gent-Gand, Flanders, Belgium
- Died
- 6 October 1916 of cancer and pleurisy
- Beatified
- 30 September 1984 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- pending
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