Paschal Baylón

Saint

Paschal Baylón

O.F.M.
Saint; Paschal Baylón; O.F.M.
Religious
Born	16 May 1540; Torrehermosa, Aragon Spain
Died	17 May 1592 (aged 52); Villarreal, Aragon Kingdom, Spain
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	29 October 1618, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Paul V
Canonized	16 October 1690, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Alexander VIII
Feast	17 May
Attributes	Monstrance; Franciscan habit; Before the Eucharist;
Patronage	Villarreal; Torrehermosa; Alconchel de Ariza; Eucharistic congresses; Eucharistic associations; Obando; Cooks; Shepherds, Male Children and Priesthood Vocation ; Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana;

Paschal Baylón (24 May 1540 – 15 May 1592) was a Spanish Roman Catholic lay professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor. He served as a shepherd alongside his father in his childhood and adolescence, but desired to enter the religious life. He was refused once but later was admitted as a Franciscan lay brother and became noted for his strict austerities, as well as his love for and compassion towards the sick. He was sent to Paris, France; on the way he encounterd Calvinists and was nearly killed by a mob. He was best known for his strong and deep devotion to the Eucharist.

The process for his canonization opened and in 1618 he was beatified; Pope Alexander VIII canonized him a saint on 16 October 1690.

On 28 November 1897, Pope Leo XIII proclaimed St Paschal Baylón patron of Eucharistic Congresses and Confraternities.

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