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Antoni Maria Claret, missionary and archbishop

Sallent, Bages, Barcelona

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Antoni Maria Claret, missionary and archbishop

Historical milestone · Sallent, Bages, Barcelona

Born in Sallent in 1807 into a family of weavers, he founded the Claretian Missionaries, was archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and confessor to Isabel II. He died in exile in France in 1870 and was canonised in 1950.

1807-1870

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