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St. Francisco Coll Guitart

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Saint Francisco Coll y Guitart was a Spanish Dominican priest and missionary preacher. Born in Gombrèn, Catalonia, he devoted many years to itinerant preaching throughout northeastern Spain, bringing the Gospel, the sacraments, and renewed Christian instruction to parish communities.

He founded the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation, especially for the Christian education of girls and young women. Francisco endured blindness and illness with patience and died in 1875. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.

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