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Saint John of God

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Also known as: Jõao Cidade, Jõao de Deus, Juan Ciudad, Juan de Dios
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Spanish:
San Juan De Dios
Original name:
Juan Ciudad
Portuguese:
São João De Deus, or João Cidade
Born:
March 8, 1495, Montemor-o-Novo, Port.
Died:
March 8, 1550, Granada, Spain (aged 55)
Founder:
Hospitallers
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Saint John of God (born March 8, 1495, Montemor-o-Novo, Port.—died March 8, 1550, Granada, Spain; canonized 1690; feast day March 8) was the founder of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God (Brothers Hospitallers), a Roman Catholic religious order of nursing brothers. In 1886 Pope Leo XIII declared him patron of hospitals and the sick. Formerly a shepherd and soldier, he was so moved by the sermons of the mystic John of Avila, who became his spiritual adviser, that he decided to devote his life to the care of the poor and the sick. For that purpose he rented ...(100 of 174 words)

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