Leopold Mandic

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Leopold Bogdan Mandic
Leopold Mandic

Leopold Mandić (born May 12, 1866 in Herceg Novi , Montenegro as Bogdan Mandić ; † July 30, 1942 in Padua , Italy ) was a priest of the Capuchin Order and a very popular confessor . He is the second Croat to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Mandić was born in Castelnuovo di Cattaro ( Herceg Novi ) in what is now Montenegro. His parents came from Zakučac near Omiš near Split . He was the youngest of twelve children. His parents were considered very religious and had a formative influence on him. His father often went with him to mass and communion , which was considered very unusual at the time.

The family environment was very orthodoxy . So Mandić was confronted with the separation of Christians very early on. It is reported that he had a childhood desire to remedy this situation.

He was impressed by the unselfish work of the Capuchins in his hometown, who were also valued by the Orthodox, and saw his missionary endeavors best fulfilled in them. His parents agreed to his appointment .

At the age of 16 he entered the Franciscan Seminary in Udine ( Northern Italy ). At that time, Dalmatia belonged to the Patriarchate of Venice under canon law . After two years he began his novitiate in the Capuchin Province of Venice in Bassano . On May 2, 1884, he was dressed in the habit and named Leopold. On May 4, 1885, he took his first simple vows . He completed his philosophy studies in Padua. Solemn vows followed in 1888. He then began studying theology in Venice . He was born on September 20, 1890 by Cardinal Domenico Agostini for priests ordained.

First he worked for a short time in the cities of Zadar , Koper and Rijeka . He was then sent by his superiors to Padua, where he remained until his death. He saw his main pastoral task in the dispensing of the sacrament of confession . It is reported that he often spent fifteen hours a day in the confessional . In addition, the graces of the heart and prophecy should have been bestowed on him. Reports of his stigmata are false , according to Oktavian Schmucki . He was venerated as a saint during his lifetime.

It is reported that, shortly before his death, Mandić predicted that the Capuchin monastery in Padua would be destroyed by a bombing, which in fact happened. But his confessional miraculously remained completely intact. The numerous pilgrims who visit his grave in Padua today also pass this preserved confessional.

His funeral took place with great sympathy. When his coffin was opened 24 years after his death, his body was allegedly not decomposed.

Through Pope Paul VI. he was beatified on May 2, 1976. The solemn canonization was carried out by John Paul II on October 16, 1983.

The feast day of St. Leopold Mandić is celebrated on May 12th in the Croatian church calendar .

Namesake

Saint Leopold Mandić is the namesake of numerous Catholic parishes and cultural institutions in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. He is also a popular namesake in German-speaking countries

literature

  • Pietro E. Bernardi: The Blessed Leopold Mandić. Padua 1976, OCLC 718280437 .
  • Katherine I. Rabenstein: Mandič, Leopold Bogdan, St. In: New Catholic Encyclopedia. 2nd Edition. Volume 9, ISBN 0-7876-4013-1 .
  • Pietro Bernardi: Leopold Mandić. Saint of Reconciliation and Spiritual Ecumenism. Edizioni San Leopoldo, Padova 2015. ISBN 978-88-96579-12-1 .
  • Eberhard Moßmaier: An apostle of the reunification. P. Leopold of Castelnovo. Third order publishing house, Altötting 1960, DNB 453468551 .
  • Pietro Bernardi: An Advocate of Divine Mercy. Father Leopold von Castelnovo, Capuchin, 1866-1942. Translation from the Italian by Synesius Köpfli. St. Antonius-Verlag, Solothurn 1956, DNB 364738146 .
  • Pietro da Valdiporro: Father Leopold: životopis sluge Božjega Leopolda Mandića, kapucina iz Hercegovine . Rijeka 1959.

See also

Web links

Commons : Leopold Mandić  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leopold Mandić from Castelnuovo. heiligenlexikon.de, accessed on August 1, 2012 (controversial stigmata).
personal data
SURNAME Mandic, Leopold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mandić, Bogdan (real name); Castelnuovo, Leopold von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian saint and capuchin
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Castelnuovo di Cattaro ( Herceg Novi ), Montenegro
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1942
Place of death Padua