Blessed Nuntius Sulprizio

Also known as

• Nunzio Sulperio
• Nunzio Sulprizio

Memorial

• 5 May

Profile

Lifelong layman in the diocese of Pescara, Italy. Apprentice blacksmith. Suffered from poor health, and died young. A gentle, chaste, patient, and pious youth in a place and time when such a man was rare.

Born

• 13 April 1817 at Pescosansonesco, Pescara, Abruzzi, Italy

Died

• 5 May 1836 in Naples, Italy

Venerated

• 21 July 1891 by Pope Leo XIII

Beatified

• 1 December 1963 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy

Canonized

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     Parrocchia S. Domenico Soriano
     P.za Dante 82
     80135 Napoli, ITALY
        - or -
     Santuario del Beato Nunzio
     Via Riparosa, 61
     65020 Pescosansonesco (PE), ITALY

Additional Information

• Kirken i Norge

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Nuntius Sulprizio”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 October 2010. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-nuntius-sulprizio/>