Saint Pascal Baylon
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- Memorial
- 17 May
- Profile
- Son of the pious peasants Martin Baylon and Elizabeth Jubera.
From youth he displayed great devotion to the Eucharist.
Worked as a shepherd from ages 7 to 24, and was a good influence on an often rowdy group.
Franciscan lay brother with friars of the Alcantarine Reform, often serving as cook or doorkeeper.
His charity to the poor and afflicted, his unfailing courtesy and humility were remarkable even by Franciscan standards.
While travelling in France, he defended the Real Presence against the blasphemies of a Calvinist preacher, and narrowly escaped death at the hands of a Huguenot mob.
Poorly educated, he was still a counselor sought by rich and poor alike.
His cultus is especially strong in Spain and southern Italy, in Central and South America.
- Born
- 24 May 1540 (feast of Pentecost) at Torre Hermosa, Aragon, (modern Spain)
- Died
- 15 May 1592 (Whitsunday) at Villa Reale, Spain
- Beatified
- 29 October 1618 by Pope Paul V
- Canonized
- 16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII
- Patronage
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cooks
Eucharistic congresses and organizations (proclaimed by Pope Leo XIII)
Obado, Bulacan, Philippines
- Representation
- in adoration before a vision of the Host
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint Pascal
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia, by Oswald Staniforth
Google Directory
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
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