John EUDES (November 14; 1601 - August 19; 1680) French religious; propagator of the devotion to the Sacred Hearts; founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists); the Order of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge and the Society of the Heart of the Admirable Mother . Beatified April 25; 1909; May 31; 1925 was proclaimed a saint by Pope Pius XI. Commemoration on August 19; the day of death (Dies Natalis; birth into heaven). Immaginetta devotional; printing calotype; France nineteenth century