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John Berchmans

Catholic Jesuit saint
Person human Q724169
John Berchmans
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
March 13, 1599
Date of death
August 13, 1621
Place of birth
Diest
Place of death
Rome
Country of citizenship
Spanish Netherlands[8]
Occupation
Catholic seminarian, Catholic theologian
Educated at
Pontifical Gregorian University, Noviciate of Sant'Andrea, Rome[9][10]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[11]
Cause of death
malaria[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[20]
Canonization status
saint[13]
Different from
Sanctus Ioannes[22]
Family name
Berchmans[16]
Feast day
August 13[18]
Given name
Jan[17]
Manner of death
natural causes[19]
Name in native language
Jan Berchmans[21]
P14483
s/san-juan-berchmans
P14608
118655728
Place of burial
Sant'Ignazio Church[7]
Religious order
Society of Jesus[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Berchmans cs svatý Jan Berchmans cs Jan Berchmans de Johannes Baptista Berchmans de Johannes Berchmans de Berchmans es Juan Berchmans es San Juan Berchmans fr Jean Berchmanns fr Jean Berchmans he ז'אן ברכמן id Yohanes Berchmans it Giovanni Berchmans it San Giovanni Berchmans ko 요한 베르크만스 nl Sint-Jan Berchmans pt João Berchmans pt São João Berchmans ro Ioan Berchmans ru Жан Берхманс
🔖 Identifiers · 63
ISNI
0000000097641402
VIAF cluster ID
87824108
Library of Congress authority ID
n85116347
GND ID
118655728
Angelicum ID
4802
BVPB authority ID
6.9k (6.9k–15k, n=6)
BeWeb person ID
2441
Biblioteca Iglesia Nacional Española en Roma ID
3007
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
10549697w
Biographie nationale de Belgique ID
jean-berchmans
British Museum person or institution ID
115651
CANTIC ID
981058594973306706
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CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02231778
CONOR.SI ID
100829027
Catholic Encyclopedia ID
08450a
Causesanti.va ID
giovanni-berchmans
DDB person (GND) ID
118655728
Databank Beschermheiligen anno 1959 ID
12
De Agostini ID
Giovanni+Berchmans
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118655728
Dictionnaire de spiritualité ID
13387
Enciclopedia di Roma person ID
4799
FAST ID
177041
Find a Grave memorial ID
95325347
Freebase ID
/m/049y8q
GCatholic person ID
67001
GeneaStar person ID
berchmansja
Heiligen.net ID
11/26/11-26-1621-jan-berchmans
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/523318665019
IdRef ID
129764647
IxTheo authority ID
079441041
KBR person ID
14357928
Libraries Australia ID
49885897
Museum-digital ID
33900
NDL Authority ID
00649566
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2004250986
NLA Trove people ID
1507603
NLP ID
a0000001048889
NUKAT ID
n97059715
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810568892105606
National Library of Portugal ID
1212653
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071726063
Nominis saint ID
1508/Saint-Jean-Berchmans
Obálky knih ID
mzk2004250986
Open Library ID
OL5459708A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095500575
PUG authority ID
93493
Parsifal cluster ID
57146
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
40640
RISM ID
people/30107025
SBN author ID
RAVV093377
SNAC ARK ID
w6d802x7
Santiebeati ID
66050
Treccani ID
santo-giovanni-berchmans
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
santo-giovanni-berchmans
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058594973306706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1209182
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV12519320, ADV12519319, ADV12481858, ADV12278839, ADV12481859
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/56503
WikiTree person ID
Berchmans-1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmhTgQkhfpcYKWXhb8XBP
Yale LUX ID
person/d4871d29-e876-4ad8-872a-1c5ff7a11b67
Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon ID
J/Johannes_Berchmanns.html

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🔗 Connections
Named after 2
Church of St. John Berchmans, St. John Berchmans College
← Dedicated to 2
Church of St. John Berchmans, Cathedral of St. John Berchmans
Canonization status 1
saint
Cause of death 1
malaria
Country of citizenship 1
Spanish Netherlands
Different from 1
Sanctus Ioannes
Educated at 1
Pontifical Gregorian University
Feast day 1
August 13
Given name 1
Jan
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Diest
Place of burial 1
Sant'Ignazio Church
Place of death 1
Rome
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Religious order 1
Society of Jesus
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Ovrazhne
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Summary

John Berchmans was born on March 13, 1599[1], in Diest[2]. He died on August 13, 1621[3], in Rome[4]. He worked as a Catholic seminarian[5] and Catholic theologian[6].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for John Berchmans include St. John Berchmans College[23], a Jesuit school[24], in Belgium[25], founded in 1604[26] and Church of St. He[27], a church building[28], in Belgium[29], founded in 1912[30].

Why It Matters

Entities named for John Berchmans include St. John Berchmans College[23], a Jesuit school[24], in Belgium[25], founded in 1604[26] and Church of St. He[27], a church building[28], in Belgium[29], founded in 1912[30].

FAQs

Where was John Berchmans born?

John Berchmans's place of birth was Diest[2].

Where did John Berchmans die?

John Berchmans passed away in Rome[4].

What did John Berchmans do for work?

John Berchmans worked as a Catholic seminarian[5] and Catholic theologian[6].

Where did John Berchmans go to school?

John Berchmans was educated at Pontifical Gregorian University[9] and Noviciate of Sant'Andrea, Rome[10].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . BeWeB. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 6909, 14916, 14918 +3
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  2. 4d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 6909, 14916, 14918 +3
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  3. 4d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 6909, 14916, 14918 +3
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  4. 4d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 6909, 14916, 14918 +3
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  5. 4d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 6909, 14916, 14918 +3
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  6. 12w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de France ID → 10549697w
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  7. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14608 → 118655728
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  8. 23w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → —
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  9. 23w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → s/san-juan-berchmans
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: s/san-juan-berchmans, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779856745649"
  10. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → Catholic seminarian, Catholic theologian
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32152|batch #32152]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (34)"
  11. 27w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → —
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