Saint Joseph Moscati
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- Memorial
- 16 November
- Profile
- Seventh of nine children born to a prominent family.
A learned and accomplished physician in Naples, who directed several hospitals and medical societies, then served as a doctor in the front lines of World War I.
Healed, taught and supported the poor and outcast, and could sometimes diagnose a patient's illness and prescribe for it without having seen the patient.
Knew when and how to use a patient's faith and the sacraments to effect a cure.
Polyglot.
Professor of medicine at Naples University, noted for his medical research.
First modern doctor to be canonized.
Since his death he has intervened for the healing of several who sought his aid.
- Born
- 25 July 1880 at Benevento as Joseph Mario Charles Alphonse Moscati
- Died
- 12 April 1927 of natural causes in his office between patient appointments
- Name Meaning
- whom the Lord adds (Joseph)
- Venerated
- 10 May 1973 by Pope Paul VI
- Beatified
- 16 November 1975 by Pope Paul VI
- Canonized
- 25 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II
- Patronage
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bachelors
people rejected by religious orders
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Google Directory
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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