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About Michel Garicoïts
- Saint Michel Garicoïts (15 April 1797 – 14 May 1863) was a French Basque Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram.
- He combated Jansenism in his parish due to the threat that it posed to the faith.
- He served as a teacher and preacher and was known for his ardent devotion to both the Eucharist and the Sacred Heart.The sainthood cause commenced under Pope Leo XIII in mid-1899 while Pope Benedict XV later named him as Venerable on 10 December 1916 upon the confirmation of his heroic virtue.
- Pope Pius XI beatified him in 1923 while Pope Pius XII later canonized him as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church over a decade later in 1947.
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