Saint Lawrence Giustiniani
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- Also known as
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Laurence Giustiniani
Lawrence Justinian
Lorenzo Giustiniani
Patriarch of Venice
- Memorial
- 5 September
- Profile
- Venetian nobility whose ancestors had fled Constantinople for political reasons.
Against his widowed mother's wishes, he chose against marriage and for the religious life.
Augustinian canon regular at San Giorgio, Alga, Italy in 1400.
Spent his days wandering the island, begging for the poor.
Ordained in 1406.
Noted preacher and teacher of the faith.
Held assorted administrative positions within his order.
Reluctant bishop of Castello in 1433.
General of the canons regular.
Bishop of Grado in 1451; the see was then moved to Venice, and Laurence was named archbishop and patriarch by Pope Nicholas.
Noted writer on mystical contemplation.
Prophet.
Miracle worker.
- Born
- 1381 at Venice, Italy
- Died
- 8 January 1455 at Venice, Italy of natural causes
- Canonized
- 16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Lives of the Saints, by Omer Englebert
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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