1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

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Dominic of Jesus Mary was born on May 16, 1559 in Calatayud (Spain), the son of Miguel de Ruzola, a notary, and Jerónima López.

He received the Carmelite habit in Zaragoza on 24^th of May 1572 and was ordained a priest in 1584. The Carmelite province of Aragon had passed with substantially positive results through the pre-Tridentine phase of renewal promoted by the General, Nicholas Audet, as well as having reacted constructively to the various attempts at reform following the Council of Trent. During his stay in the city of Valencia (1581? - 1589), Domenic enriched his experience in contact with the fruits of the general reform of  the Church that was developing in the Iberian Peninsula. His stay, in fact, coincided with a part of the long government of Bishop Juan de Ribera, known for his work of renewal carried out in the diocese of Valencia.

In 1589 he asked to be received among the Discalced Carmelites and, repeating his novitiate, he made his profession according to the «primitive» rule on November 22, 1590. After a stay in several monasteries in Spain, in 1604 he moved to Italy at the invitation of the Commissioner General, Fr. Peter of the Mother of God. For the rest of his life he remained incardinated into the Italian Congregation of the Discalced Carmelites.

A Superior and founder of various monasteries, he was several times a General Councillor, as well as Superior General in the three-year period 1617-1620.

Sent by the Pope to Germany, at the request of Maximilian of Bavaria, he played an important role in the defence of the Catholic faith and both the Emperor and the Pope recognized his decisive help in the battle of White Mountain, at the gates of Prague on November 8, 1620. He founded the monasteries of Vienna and Prague. He carried out missions in France and Flanders, accompanied by an ever-increasing reputation for holiness and working miracles.

He collaborated in the foundation of Propaganda Fide, occupying himself, at the request of the Roman Pontiff, in procuring the necessary financial subsidies.

During a new mission to the Emperor's court, he died in Vienna on 16^th February, 1630.

The study of the Positio on his heroic virtue is currently underway at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

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Lucien Louis Bunel, in religion Father Jacques of Jesus, was born in Barentin (France) on January 29, 1900 and died in Linz (Austria) on 2^nd of June, 1945.

At a very early age, Lucien Bunel decided to become a priest. He entered the minor seminary of Rouen, where his industriousness was appreciated but not his character. He was ordained a priest on 1^st of July, 1925. He wished to enter the Carmelite Order, but the Archbishop of Rouen would not give his consent. Only in 1931 was Lucien Bunel able to enter the novitiate of the monastery of the Lille Discalced Carmelites, where he took the name of Br Jacques of Jesus.

In 1934, at the request of his provincial, he founded and directed the Little College of St Therese of the Child Jesus in Avon, in a part of the Carmelite monastery. He was a teacher of classical studies and a supervisor: the pupils sometimes called him "The Saint".

During the Second World War, he quickly engaged in the Resistance, while continuing his activity at the Avon college. He offered school protection to those who wanted to avoid compulsory labour service in Nazi Germany. He allowed Lucien Weil, a natural science teacher, who had been forbidden to teach because he was Jewish, to give some lectures at the Little College. Father Jacques also welcomed three Jewish children, Hans-Helmut Michel, Jacques Halpern and Maurice Schlosser, under the false identities of Bonnet, Dupré and Sabatier. Although his arrest on January 15, 1944 was directly linked to the three Jewish children following a complaint, it was above all his involvement in the Resistance that led to his final deportation to Gusen in Austria.

Taking care of the sick and the infirmary, celebrating Mass in the camp and every day offering St. Therese to the prisoners, he constantly cared for others and particularly the weakest. While the SS and guards tried to destroy it, Father Jacques was "reconciling war with mankind." Eventually he fell ill, but still found the strength, after the liberation of the camp, to represent the French at the meetings of the International Committee of Deportees. He died of exhaustion in Linz on 2^nd of June 1945. His body was transferred to the Carmelite cemetery in Avon.

He is honoured at Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations. On June 9, 1985 he was posthumously awarded the "Righteous Among the Nations" medal from the State of Israel.

1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).