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Saint — Michael Garicoits, SCJ

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St. Michael Garicoits, SCJ
April 15, 1797 AD, Ibarre, Basque country, French Republic — May 14, 1863 AD, Bétharram, France
Basque priest; founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Bétharram
Chapel of Notre-Dame de Bétharram, France — mother-house, France
Feast
May 14
Canonized
Canonized July 6, 1947 by Pope Pius XII
Life

Michael (Basque Mikhel, French Michel) Garicoits was born on April 15, 1797 at Ibarre in the French Basque country. Ordained priest in 1823, Michael served as seminary rector at Bétharram.

In 1835, Michael founded the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Bétharram — the French religious congregation dedicated to the Sacred Heart devotion and the priestly-mission ministry.

Michael served as Superior of the Bétharramites until his death in 1863. The congregation spread to Argentina and Uruguay during his lifetime.

Miracles & Phenomena

  • The Bétharramite congregation

    St. Michael Garicoits's 1835 founding of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Bétharram — established the French Sacred-Heart-mission congregation of the 19th century.

Relics
  • Body
    Relics of St. Michael Garicoits
    Chapel of Notre-Dame de Bétharram, France

    His relics rest at the Chapel of Notre-Dame de Bétharram.

Iconography
  • Garicoits at Bétharram

    The 19th-century French Basque priest in Bétharramite habit at the Chapel of Notre-Dame de Bétharram — the iconography of Catholic Bétharramite tradition.

Patronages
Priests of the Sacred Heart of Bétharram (Bétharramite Fathers)Basque country Catholic tradition
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