John Berchmans Saint

Saint John Berchmans (Dutch: Jan Berchmans) (13 March 1599 – 13 August 1621) was a Jesuit scholastic and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of altar servers.

Personal facts

John Berchmans
Alias (AKA)Berchmans Jan
Birth dateMarch 13, 1599
Birth place
Belgium , Diest
Date of deathAugust 13, 1621
Place of death
Italy , Rome
TitleJesuit Seminarian and Saint

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Saint

canonized dateJanuary 15, 1888
major shrine
Sant'Ignazio Church Rome
venerated in
Catholic Church

John Berchmans on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-john-berchmans