Adolfo Barberis

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Adolfo Barberis (1 June 1884 - 24 September 1967) was an

Archbishop of Turin from 1906 until the cardinal's death in 1923 at which point he worked for sometime as a professor. He did this while managing the functions of the religious congregation he established which he had dedicated to the education and care of women in domestic service.[1][2] The consequences of World War I were enough to convince him to found an order to help women though he often faced difficulties in dealing with Cardinal Maurilio Fossati in the beginning of the latter's tenure as Archbishop of Turin. These disagreements came due to Fossati's limited knowledge of Barberis' work and the slander levelled against him sometime before that. This slander came in 1923 after his cardinal benefactor died as some fellow priests suggested he garnered too much power in his position.[3]

Barberis nonetheless was rehabilitated towards the end of his life when his good friend Cardinal Michele Pellegrino dispelled the allegations leveled against him. Health concerns plagued him towards the rest of his life and he retired to the order's motherhouse where he later died from his ailments.

The beatification process launched in Turin in 1995 and he became titled as a

Venerable.[1][2]

Life

Adolfo Barberis was born in

Confirmation less than a month later.[2]

Barberis studied for the

seminaries in Turin (1895-1900) and then in Giaveno where he received the clerical dress on 15 August 1900 from the curate of San Carlo. He studied also in Chieri from 1900 to 1902 for philosophical studies and then underwent his theological studies from 1902 to 1907.[2]

He received his

conclave in 1922. He also looked after the cardinal when Richelmy was ill.[4]
The cardinal had complete trust and confidence in Barberis which frustrated his colleagues who believed that he had too much influence and power.

Barberis had a passion for

seminarians in sacred art once Pope Pius X - in 1910-11 - ordered that seminaries teach it. In 1915 he was appointed chaplain of the “Maria Letizia” military hospital.[4]

Founder

He paid particular attention to the needs of women in domestic service and saw the consequences of

Bishop of Ivrea Paolo Rostagno would later provide diocesan approval for his order on 8 December 1953. The cardinal died due to illness in 1923 (he tended to him in his final illness) and Barberis was appointed as a professor before being made a parish priest.[1]
But the cardinal's death also prompted his fellow priests to isolate him since they believed that Barberis had too much influence and power in archdiocesan duties.

In April 1924 he left the

Conventual Franciscans on 2 August 1955.[2]

His health declined over time to the point where he had to have several operations including one to remove a tumor in 1958. He had an operation for

bowel cancer. He suffered a collapse in 1961 and suffered a cardiac crisis just months before he died.[2] Barberis died during the evening on 24 September 1967 in the order's house in Turin at Via Lomellina. His remains are located in the order's motherhouse in Turin.[1][5][3] His order expanded to Mexico and Columbia
and as of 2005 had 50 religious in a total of nine houses.

Beatification process

The beatification process was launched in Turin in a diocesan investigation to assess his life and virtues; this process spanned from its opening on 8 February 1995 until its formal closure on 4 July 1998. But the formal introduction to the cause came on 13 March 1995 under

Congregation for the Causes of Saints titled him as a Servant of God and declared "nihil obstat" (no objections) to the cause. The C.C.S. later validated the diocesan investigation on 26 February 1999 and received the Positio
dossier in 2001 for evaluation.

Theologians were unanimous in their approval of the cause on 15 January 2013 and the cardinal and bishop members of the C.C.S. were also unanimous in their approval of the cause on 4 March 2014.

Venerable on 3 April 2014 after Pope Francis confirmed that he had lived a model life of heroic virtue.[2][1]

The current postulator for this cause is Fr. Flavio Peloso.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Venerable Adolfo Barberis". Saints SQPN. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Venerabile Adolfo Barberis". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e Flavio Peloso (24 August 2003). "Mons. Adolfo Barberis, fondatore del Famulato Cristiano". Messaggi di Don Orione. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Adolfo Barberis", Dicastero delle Cause dei Santi
  5. ^ a b "Founder - Adolfo Barberis". Sisters of Christian Servanthood. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

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