Blessed Jacob Clou

Also known as

  • Jacques

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Premonstratensian monk. Canon of the Saint Nicholas monastery in Veurne, Belgium. Cured of a fever by participating in a Passion procession; returning to his house, he built a way of the cross in gratitude. In 1637, with the helped of local Capuchin monks, he started a procession tradition that continues to today.

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  • “Blessed Jacob Clou“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 June 2016. Web. 25 September 2018. <>