Luigi Tezza
Luigi Tezza OSCam (born November 1, 1841 in Conegliano , † September 23, 1923 in Lima ) was an Italian religious and founder of the order. He was the General Procurator of the Camillian Order and a visitor to his community in Peru . In 2001 he was beatified .
Life
Luigi Tezza was born in Veneto, the son of a doctor. After the death of his father, he moved to Padua with his mother , where he grew up from the age of 9. At the age of 15 he entered the Camillian order, studied Catholic theology and was ordained a priest in 1864 . He was employed as a novice master in Rome and later in the French re-establishment of the order in Lille . After the order was banned in France, he returned to Rome, where he was elected General Procurator at the General Chapter of the Order in 1891 . In 1892, together with Josefina Vannini, who was beatified in 1994, he founded the community of the daughters of St. Camillus as a female twin of the Camillian Order.
In 1900 the order sent him to Peru as a visitor to reform the community of the order there, which had been separated from the order as a whole under state pressure and threatened with dissolution. The originally only temporary stay was extended to the end of his life at the request of the Archbishop of Lima and the Apostolic Nuncio in Peru. Tezza reformed the Peruvian religious province and was a sought-after advisor to the archbishop and nuncio. For years he worked as a spiritual director and confessor at the diocesan seminary . His diplomatic skills, his religious charisma and his exemplary concern for the sick and poor earned him the reputation of holiness .
Luigi Tezza died in Lima; his relics are in the mother house of the daughters of St. Camillus in Grottaferrata near Rome.
beatification
On November 4, 2001, Tezza was beatified by Pope John Paul II . His liturgical feast day is September 26th.
literature
- Luigi Miglioli: And he said yes. Fr. Luigi Tezza, founder of the Daughters of St. Kamillus , Johannes-Verlag, Leutesdorf 1981, ISBN 3-7794-0793-0
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tezza, Luigi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tezza, Louis; Tezza, Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian chaplain, Blessed |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Conegliano |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1923 |
| Place of death | Lima |