Saint Bernard of Corleone
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- Also known as
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Bernardo de Corleone
Philipi Latini
Filippo Latino
- Memorial
- 12 January
- Profile
- Shoemaker by trade, and considered the greatest swordsman and duelist in Sicily in his day.
After mortally wounding a man named Canino in a duel, he sought sanctuary from the law in the church of the Capuchin Friars Minor in Palermo.
While hiding there, he had a true conversion, and became a lay-brother of the Order in 1632, changing his name to Brother Bernardo.
Noted for his extreme austerity and self-imposed penances in an attempt to atone for his earlier life.
Had the gift of healing animals by prayer.
- Born
- February 1605 at Corleone, Sicily as Filippo Latino
- Died
- 12 January 1667 at Palermo, Sicily
- Beatified
- 15 May 1768 by Pope Clement XIII
- Canonized
- 10 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint Bernard
- Additional Information
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For All The Saints
Il Beato Bernardo da Corleone [italiano & english]
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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