Gaspar Bertoni
Gaspar Luigi Dionigi Bertoni (born October 9, 1777 in Verona , † June 12, 1853 in Verona) was an Italian founder and priest . He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church .
Life
Gaspar Bertoni came from a wealthy family of notaries. As a gifted student, he entered the seminary in his hometown after graduating from school and was ordained a priest at the age of 23 . He was first appointed spiritual of the seminary and in 1808 became spiritual of the Canossians .
In 1816 Bertoni founded the Congregation of the Holy Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ , or Stigmatine for short . The members of this religious order, which was recognized papally in 1925, support the respective local bishop in missionary and pastoral matters. Bertoni, who was a popular popular missionary, was promoted to Apostolic Missionary by the Holy See . Pope Paul VI Gaspar Luigi Dionigi Bertoni beatified in 1975 , Pope John Paul II canonized him in 1989 .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Bertoni, Gaspare . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing house L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 339 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Eric Steinhauer : Bertoni, Gaspare Luigi Dionigi. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 177-179.
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| SURNAME | Bertoni, Gaspar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bertoni, Gaspar Luigi Dionigi (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian founder, Catholic saint |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verona |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1853 |
| Place of death | Verona |