Marcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat, FMS was a French Catholic priest who founded the Marist Brothers, a religious congregation of brothers devoted to Mary and dedicated to education. He was canonized in 1999 and his feast day is 6 June, his death anniversary.
Christian feast day: Marcellin Champagnat
On June 6, in the year 0, Christian feast day: Marcellin Champagnat. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of June 6, one of 238 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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