Matt Talbot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Irish Venerated catholic
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Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
About Matt Talbot
- The Venerable Matt Talbot, OFS (2 May 1856 – 7 June 1925) was an Irish ascetic revered by many Catholics for his piety, charity and mortification of the flesh. Talbot was an unskilled labourer.
- Though he lived alone for most of his life, Talbot did live with his mother for a time.
- His life would have gone unnoticed were it not for the cords and chains discovered on his body when he died suddenly on a Dublin street in 1925. Though he has not been formally recognized as a saint, Talbot may be considered a patron of those struggling with alcoholism.
- He is commemorated on 19 June.
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