# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-calasanz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:10:37.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-calasanz"
name: "Joseph Calasanz"
slug: "joseph-calasanz"
description: "Joseph Calasanz, also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Josephus a Matre Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free education to poor boys. For this purpose he founded the religious order that ran them, commonly known as the Piarists. He became a close friend of the renowned astronomer Galileo Galilei. Joseph is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church, following his 1767 papal canonisation."
tagline: "Spanish writer and saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/San_Jos%C3%A9_de_Calasanz_(Museo_del_Prado).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Educators"
  slug: "educators"
profileType:
  name: "Educator"
  slug: "educator"
birthDate: "1556-09-11"
deathDate: "1648-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.525028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 57
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Chusep_de_Calasanz"
    title: "Sant Chusep de Calasanz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "چوزيف كالاسانكتيوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Xosé de Calasanz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Юзэф Калясанс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Іосіф Каласанс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_de_Calassan%C3%A7_(sacerdot)"
    title: "Josep de Calassanç (sacerdot)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Kalasancjusz"
    title: "Józef Kalasancjusz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Kalasansk%C3%BD"
    title: "Josef Kalasanský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Calasanz"
    title: "José Calasanz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%89%CF%83%CE%AE%CF%86_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BF"
    title: "Ιωσήφ Καλασάντσιο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Calasanz"
    title: "Joseph Calasanz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozefo_Kalasancio"
    title: "Jozefo Kalasancio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_Calasanz"
    title: "José de Calasanz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Calasanz"
    title: "Josef Calasanz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Calasanz"
    title: "Joseph Calasanz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Calasanz"
    title: "Joseph Calasanz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xos%C3%A9_de_Calasanz"
    title: "Xosé de Calasanz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Kalasancijski"
    title: "Josip Kalasancijski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Calasanza"
    title: "Yosef Calasanza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Calasanzio"
    title: "Giuseppe Calasanzio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0v._Juozapas_Kalasantas"
    title: "Šv. Juozapas Kalasantas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "ജോസഫ് കലസാൻസ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Kalasanty"
    title: "Józef Kalasanty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_Calasanz"
    title: "José de Calasanz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360589"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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