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Saint John Berchmans (Dutch: Jan Berchmans) (13 March 1599 – 13 August 1621) was a Jesuit scholastic and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of altar servers.

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birth date
1599-03-13
birth place
Belgium, Diest
canonized date
1888-01-15
death date
1621-08-13
death place
Italy, Rome
major shrine
Sant'Ignazio Church Rome
title
Jesuit Seminarian and Saint
venerated in
Catholic Church

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