Saint Vincent Strambi
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- Also known as
- Vincenzo Maria Strambi
- Memorial
- 25 September
- Profile
- Son of a druggist.
His parents encouraged his vocation of a parish priest.
Ordained in 1767.
Joined the Passionists in 1768 after a retreat led by Saint Paul of the Cross.
Professor of theology.
Passionist provincial in 1781.
Bishop of Macerata and Tolentino in 1801.
Exiled in 1808 for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to Napoleon, but returned in 1813 after Napoleon's downfall.
Saved Macerta from being sacked by Murat's troops.
Instituted reforms throughout his diocese, ending such corruption that he received death threats.
Indefatigable missioner and preacher.
Worked with and for his people in during a typhus epidemic.
On the death of Pope Pius VII, he resigned his see to become an advisor to Pope Leo XII.
- Born
- 1 January 1745 at Civitavecchia, Italy
- Died
- 1 January 1824 of natural causes
- Beatified
- 1925 by Pope Pius XI
- Canonized
- 1950 by Pope Pius XII
- Additional Information
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Story of the Passionists, by Roger Mercurio
Kirken i Norge [norwegian]
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