Frédéric Janssoone
Franciscan friar and priest (1838-1916)
Feast: 5 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Montreal in Quebec in Canada, Blessed Frédéric Janssoone, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, who for the progress of the faith greatly spread pilgrimages to the Holy Land.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 4 August as a Franciscan priest at Montreal who spread pilgrimages to the Holy Land.
The cause
Frédéric Janssoone has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Blessed Frederic Janssoone.
- Roman Martyrology, 4 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1816380 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Frédéric Janssoone (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.