Jean François Régis
Jean-François Régis (German: Johannes-Franz Régis) SJ (born January 31, 1597 in Fontcouverte , Languedoc , France ; † December 30, 1640 in Lalouvesc , Dauphiné , France) was a French Jesuit , missionary and preacher who served in the Catholic Church is venerated as a saint .
Régis attended a Jesuit college and entered the Jesuit novitiate on December 8, 1616. He was ordained a priest at the age of 31 . He worked in the Languedoc and the neighboring provinces. He dedicated a large part of his life to preaching to the poor in Huguenot- controlled areas of France. His style of preaching is said to have been simple and direct and was well received by the uneducated rural population. He set up a kind of women's shelters for prostitutes and gave them an alternative form of income, for example as lace makers , which is why he is also the patron saint of lace makers . This pastoral care earned him a lot of slander and hatred. Jean Régis also worked with victims of the plague in Toulouse .
Régis founded brotherhoods of the Blessed Sacrament , which raised money and food from the rich for charitable purposes. He died on December 30, 1640 in the small village of Lalouvesc (now in Ardèche ) at a pneumonia . He was on June 16, 1737 by Pope Clement XII. canonized together with Vinzenz von Paul , Katharina von Genoa and Juliana von Falconieri . His Catholic feast day is December 31st.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean François Régis in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- Catholic Encyclopedia
literature
- Guitton, George: St. John Franz Régis: Renewal through devotion. Jestetten 1998. ISBN 3874492745
- Shamoni, Wilhelm: The true face of the saints. Stein am Rhein 1966. With imprimatur . Pp. 216, 217. ISBN 3717105981
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ök. Heiligenlexikon / J: Johannes Franz Regis
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Régis, Jean François |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Régis, Jean-François (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Jesuit, missionary and preacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1597 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fontcouverte (Aude) , Narbonne, Languedoc, France |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1640 |
| Place of death | La Louvesc , Dauphine, France |