Joseph Oriol Saint

Saint Joseph Oriol (José Orioli) (Catalan: Sant Josep Oriol) (23 November 1650 – 23 March 1702) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. He is called the "Thaumaturgus of Barcelona." A native of Barcelona, he studied at the University of Barcelona, receiving the degree of Doctor of Theology, 1 August 1674.He was ordained priest on 30 May 1676. He visited Rome in 1686 and was granted a benefice in the church of Santa Maria del Pi in Barcelona, where he is buried.Wanting to experience martyrdom, he went to Rome in April 1698 to offer himself for the foreign missions, but he fell sick at Marseilles and returned to Barcelona. He was said to have prophetic and miraculous powers. The dying, the blind, the deaf and dumb, the lame, and the paralytic, were said to be instantly cured by him.He is buried in the Church "Maria De Pi" in central Barcelona.

Personal facts

Joseph Oriol
Birth dateNovember 23, 1650
Birth place
Barcelona
Date of deathMarch 23, 1702
Place of death
Barcelona

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beatified by
Pope Pius VII
beatified dateSeptember 05, 1806
canonized by
Pope Pius X
canonized dateMay 20, 1909
major shrine
Barcelona
Santa Maria del Pi Barcelona
venerated in
Catholic Church

Joseph Oriol on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-joseph-oriol
  2. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11316a.htm