Saint Nicolas Saggio de Longobardi
religieux de
l’Ordre des Minimes (✝ 1709)
- Dimanche 23 novembre 2014,
messe de canonisation de six nouveaux saints,
quatre Italiens et deux Indiens.
Né à Longobardi en 1619, Jean-Baptiste, fils de paysans, il travaille dans les
champs, ses parents n'ayant pas les moyens de payer ses études. Il passait des
journées entières en prière et fréquentait souvent l'église. Malgré
l'opposition de ses parents, il rejoint les minimes franciscains au monastère
de Paola, prenant le nom de Nicolas. Il passe sa vie dans l'ombre et
l'humilité, mais sa piété le rendit célèbre auprès de ses frères et ses
miracles auprès de toute l'Italie. La renommée de sa sainteté s'étend, il est
appelé à Rome. Ses reliques sont vénérées à Rome dans l'église Saint François
de Paule. Béatifié en 1786 par le pape Pie VI.
À Rome, en 1640, le bienheureux Nicolas Saggio da Longobardi,
religieux de l’Ordre des Minimes, qui remplit humblement et saintement la
fonction de portier de son couvent.
Martyrologe
romain
Saint Giovanni
Battista Clemente Saggio
Also
known as
§
Nicola
da Longobardi
Profile
Born to a poor peasant family, Giovanni was a clever boy who enjoyed
study, but had to work the fields with his father instead of going to school. He was a pious child, and would spead whole
days in prayer in a local Minim church. At 20, against his
family’s wishes (legend says that he was struck blind when his mother objected, and only recovered his sight when
she agreed to let him follow his vocation), he became an Oblate friar of the
Order of the Minims, taking the name Nicola. Miracle worker.
Born
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6 January 1650 in Longobardi, Cosenza, Italy as Giovanni Battista Clemente Saggio
§
legend
says that a light shown down on the house at the moment of his birth
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2 February 1709 in Rome, Italy of natural causes
§
he
had previously predicted the date and time of his death
§
17 September 1786 by Pope Pius VI
§
23 November 2014 by Pope Francis
