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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
1618
Canonized
1690
Patronage
cooks, Eucharistic congresses and organizations (proclaimed by Pope Leo
XIII),
Obado Bulacan Phillipines
Representation
in adoration before a vision of the Host
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