# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andre-bessette
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:08:05.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andre-bessette"
name: "André Bessette"
slug: "andre-bessette"
description: "André Bessette, C.S.C., commonly known as Brother 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 Catholic Church among French Canadians. He is credited with thousands of reported healings associated with his pious devotion to Saint Joseph."
tagline: "Canadian Catholic brother and saint (1845–1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fr%C3%A8re_Andr%C3%A9_1920.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1845-08-09"
deathDate: "1937-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.17
  momentum:             7.281904623245529
  historical:           15.95066533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "اندريه بيسيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "André Bessette"
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    title: "André Bessette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bessette"
    title: "André Bessette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bessette"
    title: "André Bessette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bessette"
    title: "André Bessette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A8re_Andr%C3%A9_(religieux)"
    title: "Frère André (religieux)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bessette"
    title: "André Bessette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bessette"
    title: "André Bessette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%BB%E3%83%83%E3%83%88"
    title: "アンドレ・ベセット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broeder_Andr%C3%A9"
    title: "Broeder André"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Bessette"
    title: "Andrzej Bessette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bessette"
    title: "Alfred Bessette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бессетт, Андре"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bessette"
    title: "André Bessette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bessette"
    title: "André Bessette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Bessette"
    title: "Andrea Bessette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%87_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ஆந்திரே பெசெத்"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump