(“andré bessette”, C.S.C. (9 august 1845 – 6 january 1937), more commonly known as Brother André (French: Frère André), and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a significant figure of the Roman Catholic Church among French-Canadians, credited with thousands of reported miraculous healings)
(he was declared venerable in 1978 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1982)
(pope Benedict XVI approved the decree of sainthood for Blessed André on February 19, 2010, with the formal canonization taking place on 17 october 2010)