Saint Joseph Oriol (23 November 1650 – 23 March 1702) is venerated as a saint

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 by the Catholic Church. He is called the "Thaumaturgus of Barcelona

Barcelona

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." A native of Barcelona, he studied at the University of Barcelona

University of Barcelona

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, receiving the degree of Doctor of Theology

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, 1 August 1674.

He was ordained

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 priest

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 on 30 May 1676. He visited Rome

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 in 1686 and was granted a benefice

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 in the church of Santa Maria del Pi

Santa María del Pí, Barcelona

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 in Barcelona, were he is buried.

Wanting to experience martyrdom, he went to Rome in April 1698 to offer himself for the foreign missions, but he fell sick at Marseilles and returned to Barcelona. He was said to have prophetic and miraculous powers. The dying, the blind

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, the deaf and dumb, the lame

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, and the paralytic, were said to be instantly cured by him.

Veneration

He was beatified by Pius VII, 5 September 1806, and canonized by Pius X, 20 May 1909. His feast occurs on 23 March.

External links

• Joseph Oriol at the Catholic Encyclopedia
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