Miguel Febres Cordero

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Miguel Febres Cordero (born November 7, 1854 in Cuenca , † February 9, 1910 in Premià de Mar ) was an Ecuadorian member of the Order of Brothers of Christian Schools and is a saint .

Life

Francisco Febres Cordero, his baptismal name, was born to Francisco Febres Cordero and his wife Ana Muñoz Cárdenas into a wealthy and influential family in Cuenca. From the age of ten he attended the La Salle school, which had just been founded in 1863 by the school brothers ( Fratres Scholarum Christianorum ( order abbreviation : FSC )) in his hometown . At the age of 14 he joined the School Brothers and took the religious name Miguel.

He then worked as a teacher for almost thirty years, mostly in Quito . A textbook of the Spanish language, which he published in 1875 at the age of 21, became the standard work nationwide. In recognition of his linguistic work, he was accepted into the Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua and in 1892 as a corresponding member of the Real Academia Española . In 1887 he traveled to Europe for the first time and worked a. a. in Brussels for a magazine published by his order. But he was soon appointed inspector of the Order's schools in Ecuador and recalled to Quito.

In 1907, in view of the anti-clerical policies of President Eloy Alfaro , Miguel Febres was forced to leave his home country. He first went to France and - when the school brothers had to give up their schools in France as a result of the law separating church and state - to Lembeek near Halle (Belgium) in Belgium. In 1909 he was transferred as a teacher to the novitiate in Premià de Mar near Barcelona, ​​where he died of pneumonia the following year.

Beatification and Canonization

Francisco Febres Cordero was founded on October 30, 1977 by Pope Paul VI. Beatified and canonized on October 21, 1984 by Pope John Paul II .

His feast day in the liturgy is February 9th .

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SURNAME Febres Cordero, Miguel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ecuadorian member of the Order of Brothers of Christian Schools and Saints
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuenca
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1910
Place of death Premià de Mar