Saint Vincent Strambi

Also known as

• Vincenzo Maria Strambi

Memorial

• 25 September

Profile

Son of a druggist. His parents encouraged his vocation of a parish priest. Ordained in 1767. Joined the Passionists in 1768 after a retreat led by Saint Paul of the Cross. Professor of theology. Passionist provincial in 1781. Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino, Italy in 1801. Exiled in 1808 for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to Napoleon, but returned in 1813 after Napoleon’s downfall. Saved Macerata from being sacked by Murat’s troops. Instituted reforms throughout his diocese, ending such corruption that he received death threats. Indefatigable missioner and preacher. Worked with and for his people in during a typhus epidemic. On the death of Pope Pius VII, he resigned his see to become an advisor to Pope Leo XII.

Born

• 1 January 1745 at Civitavecchia, Italy

Died

• 1 January 1824 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

Venerated

• 1 April 1894 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 26 April 1925 by Pope Pius XI

Canonized

• 11 June 1950 by Pope Pius XII

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Vincent Strambi”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 August 2010. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-vincent-strambi/>