New Saints and Blesseds of the Catholic Church
Subtitle: Blesseds and Saints Canonized by Pope John Paul II During the Years 1979-1983
Contributors: Michael J. Miller (Translator)
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: March 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780898707540
Subjects: Saints & hagiography; Christianity - History - General; Blessed; Biography / Autobiography; Religion; Religious; Inspirational - Catholic; Christian Life - Inspirational - Catholic; Christianity - History - Catholic; Biography; Christian saints
First sentence: A doctor who later became a priest and a missionary with extraordinary zeal for souls was beatified on April 29, 1979, by Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome: Jacques-Desire Laval, who was born on September 18, 1803, in Croth, diocese of Evreux (France).