Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Saints & hagiography Venerables

Bethencourt, Pedro de San José de, Venerable

BÉTHENCOURT, PEDRO DE SAN JOSÉ DE, VENERABILE

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Also known as: Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Peter of Saint Joseph Betancourt; Spanish: Pedro de Betancur, Pedro de San José Betancur; Latin: Petrus de Betancur

BETHENCOURT, PEDRO DE SAN JOSÉ DE, Venerable. - Franciscan tertiary, founder of the Bethlehemites, suppressed by the Cortes in 1820, b. at Vilaflor (Tenerife, Canary Islands) on 21 March 1626, d. at Guatemala on 25 April 1667. Of the lineage of Giovanni di Béthencourt, the famous French conqueror, he was a shepherd until the age of twenty-four; having gone to the New World, he devoted himself to charity and to the instruction of children, founding a grand hospital-and-school complex which he called Bethlehem, the cradle of the Order. Austere, yet simple and jovial, he was rich in charisms. Clement XIV declared his heroic virtues in 1771.

Bibliography

BIBL.: [Giuseppe della Madre di Dio], Storia della vita, virtù, doni e grazie del venerabile servo di Dio p. fr. Pietro di S. Giuseppe B., Rome 1739 (based on the processes).

Mario Colpo

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 1508.

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Colpo, Mario. “Béthencourt, pedro de san josé de, venerabile.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 1508. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bethencourt-pedro-de-san-jose-de-venerabile.

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Colpo, Mario. “Béthencourt, pedro de san josé de, venerabile.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1508. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bethencourt-pedro-de-san-jose-de-venerabile.

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  author    = {Colpo, Mario},
  title     = {Béthencourt, pedro de san josé de, venerabile},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {1508},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bethencourt-pedro-de-san-jose-de-venerabile}
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