Blessed Luigi Boccardo
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- Also known as
- Apostle of Merciful Love
- Memorial
- 9 June
- Profile
- One of nine children.
Brother and godson of Blessed Giovanni Maria Boccardo.
Educated by the Barnabites.
Entered the seminary in 1875, and ordained in 1884 in the archdiocese of Turin.
Assistant priest to his brother.
Vice rector and spiritual director at the Consolata College.
Professor and spritual director of seminarians.
Director of religious schools and religious education in his diocese.
Visited prisoners and spent hours in the confessional at the Shrine of the Consolata.
On the death of his brother, he was appointed superior of the Poor Daughters of San Gaetano in 1913.
Director of an institute for the blind in 1919.
Preached retreats.
Promoted the building of a shrine to Jesus Christ, King and Priest.
Founded the Sisters of Jesus the King, a contemplative branch of the Poor Daughters of San Gaetano in 1932.
- Born
- 9 August 1861 in Moncalieri, Turin, Italy
- Died
- 9 June 1936 at Turin, Italy of natural causes
- Venerated
- 12 April 2003 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- 14 April 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI;
recognition celebrated by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins in Chiesa del Santo Volto (Church of the Holy Countenance), Turin, Italy at 3:30pm on Saturday 14 April 2007
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Luigi, contact:
Congregazione della Sacra Famiglia
Via Giovanni Piamarta, 6
25121 Brescia, ITALY
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
Santi e Beati - italiano
Zenit.Org
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- Readings
- His charism as educator and founder was to reveal the merciful love of Jesus, priest and king, to his brothers, especially in the education of the clergy ... and in the spiritual direction of so many that approached him in the confessional.
- Mother Teresa Ponsi, superior general of the Poor Sisters of San Gaetano
