Romano Bottegal
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Romano Bottegal (28 December 1921 – 19 February 1978) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and Trappist monk. Bottegal joined his order in the 1940s and lived as a hermit in Lebanon.[1][2] He studied in Belluno and Rome before he was ordained as a priest and following this lived in Rome among his peers; he moved to Lebanon to oversee a new project there but was forced to return to Rome after it failed.[3] But he was later granted permission to return there in order to live as a hermit where he remained in seclusion until his death.[1][2][4]
Born | 28 December 1921 San Donato di Lamon, Belluno, Kingdom of Italy |
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Died | 19 February 1978(1978-02-19) (aged 56) Beirut, Lebanon |
The beatification process for the late hermit launched in 2000 and he became titled as a Servant of God. The cause culminated on 9 December 2013 after he became titled as Venerable once Pope Francis confirmed that he had lived a life of heroic virtue.[2][3]