Born

11 September 1556 at Peralta, Barbastro, Aragon, Spain in his father's castle

Died

• 25 August 1648 at Rome, Italy of natural causes

• buried at Saint Panteleone, Rome

Canonized

16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII

Patronage

• Catholic schools (proclaimed on 13 August 1948 by Pope Pius XII)

• schools, colleges, universities

• students, schoolchildren

• Congregation of Christian Workers of Saint Joseph Calasanz