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Saint Michael Garicoits (Garicoïts) (April 15, 1797 – May 14, 1863) was a French Basque saint. He was ordained priest at Bayonne in December 1823 and combated Jansenism in his parish of Cambo. ==Life== Michael Garicoits was a Basque, from the French region of the Pyrenees. He was born on the 15 April 1797 in the hamlet of Ibarre not far from the Spanish frontier. He was the eldest of six children in a family that remained faithful to the Church of Rome during the persecutions of the Revolutionary period.〔(Kunu SCJ, John Chan, "St. Michael Garicoits", Societas Sacratissimi Cordis Jesu )〕 As a young boy, Michael would pray and sing hymns while guarding the cattle. At the age of 13 he was sent as a servant to another farm at Oneix. There he made his First Communion on Sunday 9 June 1811, the feast of the Holy Trinity. Having decided that he wanted to become a priest, he then attended school at Saint-Palais, studying Latin and French by candlelight late into the night.〔 Garicoits entered the Junior Seminary in Aire-sur-Adour and later the Major Seminary in Dax. While still a student, he was asked to teach at the Junior Seminary at Larressore. He was ordained a priest on the 20 December 1823 at Bayonne Cathedral.〔 He was appointed curate to the town of Cambo not far from Bayonne. After two years as curate at Cambo Fr Michael was sent to Bétharram to teach Philosophy.〔("St. Michael Garicoits", Olton Friary )〕 St. Michael Garicoits died in the early morning of the 14 May 1863. His feast day is 14 May.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Garicoits」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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