Saint John Baptist de la Salle was born in 1651 in Rheims, France. He started his education to become a priest at 11 and was finally ordained at the age of 27 years old. He had anticipated rising high in the church ranks, but was called to something else instead. He created a school for poor boys and became very passionate about it. He died at 68 years old, on April 7th in the year 1719. He was canonized in 1900 and ultimately became the patron saint of school teachers in 1950. His feast day is the day he died, April 7th.

Saint John Baptist de la Salle, pray for us!

Saint John Baptist de la Salle. Franciscan Media.

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