Blessed Guy de Montpellier

Blessed Guy de Montpellier

1160–1209 · Medieval

Feast day: February 7

Biography

Guy of Montpellier (1160–1208) was the founder of the Order of the Holy Spirit and the Confraternity of the Holy Spirit around 1180, established to care for abandoned children, the poor, and the sick. The order was officially recognized by Pope Innocent III on April 23, 1198. He was officially recognized as blessed through equipollent beatification by Pope Francis on May 18, 2024.

Translated from French Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · machine translation

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