Maurice-Marie-Matthieu Garrigou
Maurice-Marie-Matthieu Garrigou (21 September 1766 – 27 September 1852) was a French Roman Catholic
Life
Maurice-Marie-Matthieu Garrigou was born on 21 September 1766 in the commune of Château-Verdun, France.[1] His was born to Jean-Baptiste Garrigou and Catherine Fauré. His mother concerned herself with the education if the eight children. Garrigou was ten when his mother died.
At the age of eighteen he pursued his studies but decided to become a
Garrigou spent long hours in solitude and would meditate before the crucifix of Christ. His pain of the cross came in the form of the French Revolution and its consequences. In light of the revolution he made it his goal to evangelize the population as part of his pastoral mission as a priest. He established the Sisters of Our Lady of Compassion in 1817.
He died in 1852 in France.[2]
Beatification process
The beatification process opened in France on 12 March 1954. The
A miracle attributed to his intercession was investigated and was ratified on 2 June 2007.
References
- ^ a b c "Venerable Maurice-Marie-Mathieu-Garrigou". Saints SQPN. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "MAURICIO GARRIGOU UN TESTIGO DE LA COMPASIÓN DE DIOS (in Spanish)". Retrieved 16 May 2015.
