Blessed John Soreth

(1420 - 1471)

Memorial:  July 28

Memorial:  28 July

Profile
Carmelite. Studied in Paris. Doctor of theology in 1438. Prior-general of his order from 1451 to 1471. Wrote a famous commentary on the Rule. Issued new Constitutions in 1462. Worked to return his order to its earliest observance, and to admit convents. Spiritual director of Blessed Frances d'Amboise.
 

Born:  c.1420 at Caen, Normandy, France
Died:  1471 at Angers, France of natural causes
Beatified: 1865 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)