Michael de Sanctis
{{Short description|Spanish saint (1591–1625)}}
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|name=Michael de Sanctis
|birth_date={{Birth date|1591|9|29|df=y}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1625|4|10|1591|9|29|df=y}}
|venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church
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|caption= Michael de Sanctis; sculpture of the 18th century at his native home chapel.
|birth_place=Vic, Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain
|death_place= Valladolid, Old Castile, Kingdom of Spain
|titles=Confessor
|beatified_date=24 May 1779
|beatified_place=Rome
|beatified_by=Pope Pius VI
|canonized_date=8 June 1862
|canonized_place=Rome
|canonized_by=Pope Pius IX
|attributes=depicted kneeling before an altar where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.
|patronage=cancer patients, Vic
|major_shrine=Vic (birth house, now a chapel); Valladolid Trinitarian church (grave)
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Michael de Sanctis ({{langx|ca|Miquel dels Sants}}) (29 September 1591 – 10 April 1625), sometimes called Michael of the Saints, was a Discalced Trinitarian born in Vic, a city of Catalonia, Spain.
Life
Born Michael Argemir, at Vic, Catalonia, his parents died while he was still young, and he was apprenticed to a merchant.[https://faith.nd.edu/s/1210/faith/interior.aspx?sid=1210&gid=609&calcid=53508&calpgid=61&pgid=14197&crid=0 "St. Michael de Sanctis", FaithND] At the age of twelve, he came to Barcelona and asked to be received into the monastery of the Trinitarians there. After a three-year novitiate, he took his vows at that order's monastery of St. Lambert at Zaragoza in 1607.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10274a.htm Ott, Michael. "St. Michael de Sanctis." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911 {{PD-notice}}
After meeting a Discalced Trinitarian one day, he felt drawn to that congregation's more austere lifestyle and, after much deliberation and the permission of his superior, he entered the congregation of the Discalced Trinitarians at Madrid as a novice. He studied at Seville and Salamanca. He then took his vows at Alcalá, became a priest, and was twice elected superior of the monastery at Valladolid, where he died April 10, 1625.[https://www.archbalt.org/st-michael-de-sanctis/ "St. Michael de Sanctis". Catholic Review, Archdiocese of Baltimore, April 10, 2006]
During his life, Michael de Sanctis led a life of prayer and mortification. He was devout towards the Holy Eucharist, and is said to have been experienced ecstasies several times during Consecration.
Michael De Sanctis was beatified by Pope Pius VI on 24 May 1779 and later canonized by Pope Pius IX on 8 June 1862. In the Roman Martyrology, he is described as "remarkable for innocence of life, wonderful penitence, and love for God.[https://www.rvasia.org/saints/st-michael-de-sanctis Virola, Madonna T., "St Michael de Sanctis", Radio Veritas Asia, April 14, 2024] His feast day is celebrated on 10 April.
In images, he is usually depicted kneeling before an altar where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.
The municipality of Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, Canada, is named in his honor.{{cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/CT/toposweb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=92497 |title=Saint-Michel-des-Saints (Municipalité) |accessdate=2009-11-30 |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=French}}
References
{{Commonscat|Miquel dels Sants}}
- {{Catholic|wstitle=St. Michael de Sanctis}}
External links
- [https://columban.org/prayers/prayer-st-michael-de-sanctis Prayer to St. Michael De Sanctis]
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Category:Catalan Roman Catholic saints
Category:17th-century Spanish Roman Catholic priests
Category:17th-century Christian saints