St Claude de la Columbiere
- Also known as
- Claudius; Claudius de la Columbiere; Claude
- Memorial
- 15 February
- Profile
- French nobility who felt a call to religious life from an early age.
Educated at Jesuit college in Lyons, France.
Priest.
Taught humanities at Avignon.
Studied in Paris.
Tutor.
Preached against Jansenism, advocating dedication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Jesuit in 1659.
Spiritual director of Saint Margaret Mary of Alocoque.
Chaplain to Mary Beatrice d'Este, the Duchess of York. He converted many Protestants through the example of his holy life. Due to rumours of "Popish plots" against the king and the reestablishment Catholicism, Claude was imprisoned, accused of being part of the Titus Oates Plot. It was only by the efforts of Louis XIV, who had recommended him for the assignment, that he was not martyred. Banished from England. His health was ruined by prison, and he returned to Paray to die. The day after his death in 1682, Saint Margaret received supernatural assurance that Claude La Colombiere needed no prayers, as he was in already heaven. He is considred a "dry" martyr, having suffered every abuse for the faith but death. - Born
- 2 February 1641 at Saint-Symphorien d’Ozon, Rhône, France
- Died
- 15 February 1682 at Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France of hemoptysis (coughing up blood)
- Venerated
- 11 August 1901
- Beatified
- 16 June 1929 by Pope Pius XI
- Canonized
- 31 May 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome
- Name Meaning
- lame one
- Patronage
- toy makers; turners
- Prayers
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Despair Prayer
An Act of Hope and Confidence in God - Print References
- John Paul II's Book of Saints
