Bartolo Longo
Italian lawyer and lay Dominican, beatified by the Catholic Church / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bartolo Longo (February 10, 1841 – October 5, 1926) was an Italian lawyer who has been beatified by the Catholic Church. He presented himself as a former "Satanic priest" who returned to the Catholic faith and became a Dominican tertiary, dedicating his life to the rosary and the Virgin Mary. He was eventually awarded a papal knighthood of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.[1]
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Born | (1841-02-10)February 10, 1841 Latiano, near Brindisi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
Died | October 5, 1926(1926-10-05) (aged 85) Pompei, Naples, Campania, Kingdom of Italy |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Beatified | 26 October 1980, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
Major shrine | Basilica of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Pompei, Pompei, Naples, Italy |
Feast | October 5 |
Attributes | Knight habit,[1] rosary |
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