Blessed Luigi Maria Monti Biography
Blessed Luigi Maria Monti Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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| Date of Birth | 24 July 1825 |
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| Country of Birth | Italy of Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Married |
| Profession | Leader |
| Place of Work | Italy |
| Date of Death | 1 October 1900 |
| Place of Death | Italy |
| Feast Day | October 1 |
| Beatification | Beatified by 9 November 2003 by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonization | Canonized by N/A |
| Patron Saint of | N/A |
Blessed Luigi Maria Monti Biography
Blessed Luigi Maria Monti was eighth out of 11. When he turned 12 years his father died. Luigi made wooden craft items to support his family, hours later he gathered other devout craftsmen and farmers at his shop to form the prayer group The Company of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the community called them the Company of Friars.
Luigi lived in a time of political paranoia, and the other members of his Company were charged with meeting to conspire against the Austrian forces occupying his village. Around 1851 they were jailed in Milan for ten weeks, finally released when it became obvious they were a religious, not political group.
Later after they were released Luigi Maria Monti Joined the Sons of Mary Immaculate, spending six years as a novice. Studied nursing. Worked with the sick in the cholera epidemic in Brescia, Italy in 1855. However, with the help of Father Luigi Dossi, he founded The Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, dedicated to caring for the sick. Initially worked with the Capuchin Fathers, who were forming a similar group. Certified as a phlebotomist by the La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. Around 1877, with the help of Pope Blessed Pius IX, Luigi finally founded his Congregation; he worked as its leader the rest of his life. The Sons willingly walked into the worst of epidemics, working in places that others were scared to go, giving their own beds to the sick. Luigi founded small communities throughout the region where men served in hospitals and as traveling nurses to the scattered, impoverished farmers. They expanded their mission In 1882 and founded orphanages with attached schools.
Luigi was known as a father by the members of the Congregation and those he helped. At the age of 75, he died nearly blind, completely worn out, and working for the Congregation to the end.
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