Death and Later Veneration
John Francis succumbed to illness during the winter of 1640, while he was contemplating the conversion of the Cévennes. He died of pneumonia at age forty-three on 30 December 1640, at Lalouvesc (Ardèche), in France's Dauphiné region.
John Francis Regis was beatified by Pope Clement XI on 18 May 1719, and canonized by Pope Clement XII on 5 April 1737.
He is the patron saint of lacemakers.
Regis University in Denver, Colorado is named in his honor, as is the Regis Campus of Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, and numerous elementary and high schools worldwide, including Regis High School in New York City and the Regis School of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas.
St. Regis Mohawk Reservation, where a Roman Catholic church named for him stands, is also named in his honor, due to his admiration for the native inhabitants of North America.
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