death_date death_place canonized_date birth_place attributes feast_day venerated_in patronage birth_date titles major_shrine image article_title name beatified_date
13 august 1621 rome , italy 15 january 1888 diest , belgium often , his book of rules , and his rosary . depicted with hands clasped , holding his crucifix 26 until 1969 -rrb- november -lrb- after 1969 -rrb- 13 august -lrb- catholic church altar servers , jesuit scholastics , and students 13 march 1599 jesuit scholastic and saint sant ` ignazio giovanni berchmans.jpg john berchmans
 saint john berchmans , sj 1865
john berchmans

saint john berchmans -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 13 march 1599 -- 13 august 1621 -rrb- was a jesuit scholastic and is a saint in the roman catholic church .
he is the patron saint of altar servers .
