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Joseph Calasanz, Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (died 1648)

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Joseph Calasanz

16th and 17th-century Spanish priest, educator, founder of the Piarists, and saint

Joseph Calasanz, also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Iosephus a Matre Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free education to poor boys. For this purpose he founded the religious order that ran them, commonly known as…
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Piarists

Religious order

The Piarists, officially named the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools, abbreviated SchP, is a religious order of clerics regular of the Catholic Church founded in 1617 by Spanish priest Joseph Calasanz. It is the oldest religious order…
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September 11

Day of the year

September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 111 days remain until the end of the year.
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