Blessed Domenico Lentini
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- Memorial
- 25 February
- Profile
- Youngest of five children in a poor by pious family.
By age 14 he felt a call to the priesthood, studied at the seminary in Salerno, and was ordained in the diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro, Italy in 1794.
He was assigned to his hometown of Lauria, and worked there the rest of his life.
Known for his self-imposed poverty, his devotion to the Eucharist and Our Lady of Sorrows, as a noted homilist, for his work with the poor, and for being always available to his parishioners.
He turned his home into a school, teaching catechism and theology, but also literature and philosophy.
His humble devotion to the Church and his parishioners led all who knew him to consider him a model for priests, and a saint even in life.
- Born
- 20 November 1770 at Lauria, Potenza, Italy
- Died
- 25 February 1828 at Lauria, Potenza, Italy of natural causes
- Venerated
- 27 January 1935
- Beatified
- 12 October 1997 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Domenico, contact:
Fondazione “B. Domenico Lentini”
Via Domenico Lentini, 9
85045 Lauria (PZ), ITALY
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