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Aegidius Mary of Saint Joseph Pontillo Egidio Maria de Saint Giuseppe Francis Pontillo Saint of the Little Way
Porter and gate-keeper at his monastery's seminary, a position that put him in constant contact with those in need. Had a special ministry to the sick, and worked with lepers, travelling outside the city to help those who had become shunned and isolated. Even in life he was considered by locals as a saint and patron of the sick and outcast. Legend says that when he was charged with distributing food and alms to the poor, Saint Joseph would intervene to insure he never ran out.
7 February 1812 at Naples, Italy of natural causes while at prayer huge crowds turned out for his funeral
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate John Paul II's Book of Saints, by Matthew Bunson and Margaret Bunson Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson