Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

St. Joseph Calasanz: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Calasanctius • San Giuseppe Calasanzio • San José de Calasanz
Born September 11, 1556 • Spain
Died August 25, 1648 (aged 91) • Rome • Italy
Founder Piarists

Photos

Engraved portrait of Saint Jose de Calasanz wearing clerical robes and a biretta, holding a rosary, with a halo behind his head.
See All Images →
Hannah More, engraving after a painting by H.W. Pickersgill.
Hannah More
English writer
St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
French educator
St. John Bosco
St. John Bosco
Italian educator
Johann Friedrich Oberlin, engraving by Henri Charles Muller (1784-1846)
Johann Friedrich Oberlin
German educator
August Hermann Francke
August Hermann Francke
German religious leader
default image
Francisco Pacheco
Spanish painter
default image
Francisco Giner de Los Ríos
Spanish philosopher
default image
Manuel García
Spanish vocal teacher
default image
Mary Garrett
American educator
default image
Charles Frederick Menninger
American physician
default image
Karl Augustus Menninger
American physician
default image
William Claire Menninger
American physician
default image
Clark Kerr
American educator
default image
A. Bartlett Giamatti
American baseball commissioner
default image
Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
default image
Bob Jones, Jr.
American clergyman and educator
Confucius
Confucius
Chinese philosopher
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
United States jurist
Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
British mathematician and philosopher
Sonam Wangchuk smailes as he poses for a photograph during the 40th Anniversary of Rolex Awards for Enterprise at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Sonam Wangchuk
Indian engineer and activist