St john vianney death

St john vianney interesting facts

John was the fourth of six children to his parents Matthieu Vianney and Marie Beluze, who were both devout Catholics. Matthieu and Marie helped the poor and even gave hospitality to St. Benedict Joseph Labre, the patron saint of tramps, who passed through Dardilly whilst on his pilgrimage to Rome. In , due to the French Revolution many priests had to hide to do the sacraments in their parishes because of the government.

Even thought it was illegal, the Vianneys would travel to distant farms to pray and attend mass in secret. Because of the risks taken daily by priests, John Vianney began to look upon them as heroes. John had his first Communion lessons carried out by three priests in a public home, and he made his First Communion at the age of The Catholic Church was re-established in France in , resulting in religious peace throughout the country.

By this time, Vianney was worried about his future vocation and yearned for education. The school taught the subjects of arithmetic, history, geography, and Latin. Because Vianney had previously had his education interrupted by the French Revolution, he struggled at the school, especially with the Latin but he perservered because of his deep desire to join the priesthood.

The exemption Vianney should have had with being an ecclesiastical student was withdrawn in certain dioceses because of the need of soldiers for Napoloeon to fight against Spain. Vianney became ill only two days after having to report at Lyons and was hospitalised. This meant the other drafted soldiers left without him but he was redrafted on his release from hospital on Jan 5th.

He went to a church to pray and so fell behind the group. He met a man who offered to guide him back to the group but who then led him deep into the mountains of Le Forez, to the village of Les Noes, where deserters had gathered, and where he lived hidden in a farmhouse for the next fourteen months under the care of Claudine Fayot, a widow with four children.