Born
Michael Argemir, at
Vic, Catalonia, his parents died while he was still young, and he was apprenticed to a merchant. At the age of twelve, he came to
Barcelona and asked to be received into the monastery of the Trinitarians there. After a three-year
novitiate, he took his vows at that order's monastery of
St. Lambert at
Zaragoza in 1607. After meeting a Discalced Trinitarian one day, he felt drawn to that congregation's more austere lifestyle and, after much deliberation and the permission of his superior, he entered the congregation of the Discalced Trinitarians at
Madrid as a
novice. He studied at Seville and Salamanca. He then took his vows at
Alcalá, became a priest, During his life, Michael de Sanctis led a life of prayer and mortification. He was devout towards the
Holy Eucharist, and is said to have been experienced ecstasies several times during Consecration. His
feast day is celebrated on 10 April. In images, he is usually depicted kneeling before an altar where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. The municipality of
Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, Canada, is named in his honor. ==References==