Blessed John Soreth
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- Memorial
- 28 July
- Profile
- Carmelite.
Studied in Paris.
Doctor of theology in 1438.
Prior-general of his order from 1451 to 1471.
Wrote a famous commentary on the Rule.
Issued new Constitutions in 1462.
Worked to return his order to its earliest observance, and to admit convents.
Spiritual director of Blessed Frances d'Amboise.
- Born
- c.1420 at Caen, Normandy, France
- Died
- 1471 at Angers, France of natural causes
- Name Meaning
- God is gracious; gift of God (John)
- Beatified
- 1865 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)
- Prayers
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