Michael de Sanctis

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Michael de Sanctis
Born	September 29, 1591, Vic, Spain
Died	April 10, 1625, Valladolid, Spain
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	May 24, 1779 by Pius VI
Canonized	June 8, 1862 by Pius IX
Feast	July 5
Attributes	depicted kneeling before an altar where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.
Patronage	cancer patients^[1]
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Saint Michael de Sanctis (September 29, 1591 - April 10, 1625), sometimes called Michael of the Saints^[2] was a Discalced Trinitarian priest from Vic, Catalonia.

Born Michael Argemir, at the age of tweleve, de Sanctis came to Barcelona and asked to be received into the monastery of the Trinitarians there. After a three year novitiate, he took his vows at that order's monastery of St. Lambert in Saragossa September 5, 1607. After meeting a Discalced Trinitarian one day, he felt drawn to that congregation's more austere lifestyle and, after much deliberation and the permission of his superior, he entered the congregation of the Discalced Trinitarians at Madrid as a novice. He then took his vows at Alcalá, became a priest, and was twice elected superior of the monastery at Valladolid, where he died.

During his life, de Sanctis led a life of prayer and mortification. He was devout towards the Holy Eucharist, and is said to have been experienced ecstasies several times during Consecration.

De Sanctis was beatified by Pius VI on May 24, 1779 and canonized by Pius IX on June 8, 1862. His feast is celebrated on July 5. In images, he is usually depicted kneeling before an altar where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.