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About St. Joseph Calasanz
11 September 1557 – 25 August 1648 · Feast August 25 · Priest / Founder
Spanish-Italian priest and founder (1557-1648), Aragonese, who at Rome opened in 1597 the first free public elementary school in Europe and founded the Piarists (Order of the Pious Schools, 1617) for the Christian education of poor children. Canonized 1767 by Clement XIII.
St. Joseph Calasanz is the patron saint of Catholic Schools, Poor Children and Students.
