St Agostino Roscelli – Feast Day – May 7

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St Agostino Roscelli Profile. Born: 27 July 1818 in Bargone, Casarza Ligure, Italy, Europe. Worked in Italy. Died: 7 May 1902 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Feast Day is celebrated on May 7.

The Memorial of St. Agostino Roscelli- Saint of the Day

St Agostino Roscelli Biography

Date of Birth

July 27 1818

Country of Birth

Italy in Europe

Matrimony/Holy Orders

Saints who were Priests

Profession

Priest

Place of Work

Italy

Date of Death

7 May 1902

Place of Death

Italy

Feast Day

May 7

Beatification

Beatified by Pope John Paul II on 7 May 1995

Canonization

Canonized by Pope John Paul II on 10 June 2001

Patron Saint of

 

Saint’s Biography

Saint Agostino Roscelli was born on July 27, 1818, at Bargone di Casarza Ligure, Italy. He came from a modest poor farming family. The family was poor materially but led an example of faith and Christian virtues. Agostino was an intelligent, sensitive but reserved child, and he contributed to the family’s income as a shepherd of the family’s sheep in the mountains. He realized he true calling of becoming a priest while praying in the mountains on May 1835.

Priesthood

Agostino became a priest on September 19, 1846, in Genoa by Cardinal Placido Maria Tadini and was appointed priest in the populous village of San Martino d’Albaro. In 1854, Agostino became the Church of Consolation in Genoa and chaplain of the provincial orphanage in 1874, a post he held for 22 years. Agostino established a residential school to train young women were in danger of starvation or falling into prostitution because they had no support.

Death

He died on May 7, 1902, at Genoa, Italy of natural causes. He was 83 years old.

Saint Agostino Roscelli
St. Agostino Roscelli

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