Jean was born in
Lille around 1587 to Charles Verdière and Christiane Muette. He entered the Capuchin
novitiate in
Douai on 28 October 1609, taking the name Yves in religion. In 1624 he was one of three Capuchin friars sent to
Jerusalem to offer prayers for the intentions of
Isabella Clara Eugenia, governess-general of the
Habsburg Netherlands. His companions on the journey were Clément d'Aire and Léonard de Tournai, the latter of whom had already made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land on Isabella's behalf in 1602–3. On 3 August 1624 they received pontifical permission to make the journey, during which they would spend six weeks as the captives of pirates. They visited several shrines in Italy along the way, and set sail for
Cairo on 16 April 1625, travelling by way of
Sinai to Jerusalem. They made the return journey from
Sidon to
Malta, then Sicily, Italy, and France to arrive back in
Amiens. Yves went on to become
Guardian of the Capuchin house in
Armentières in 1627–1628. ==Works==