Diego José de Cádiz
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Diego José de Cádiz (1743–1801) was a Spanish Capuchin friar who was a noted and popular preacher throughout the region of Andalusia during the 18th century.[1][2] He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1894.
Life
Early life
José Francisco López-Caamaño y García Pérez was born in
Initially rejected by the
Capuchin preacher
In 1771, after further training in
Spain was undergoing changes in its intellectual climate, as the influence of the
Didacus was appointed an official of the Inquisition, the synodal examiner for almost all Spanish dioceses and an honorary
Death and veneration
Didacus died in 1801, apparently as a result of yellow fever, at the age of 58, in Ronda, Málaga.[4] His remains are kept for veneration in an urn in the small, simple chapel of Our Lady of Peace (Spanish: la Virgen de la Paz) in Ronda where he died, on the square now named in the friar's honor.[5]
He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1894.
See also
References
- ^ James Casey Early Modern Spain: A Social History 2002 – Page 243 "Fray Diego José de Cádiz (1743–1801), the son of a junior army officer, entered the Capuchins when he was fourteen. The English traveller Townsend saw him when he was at the peak of his popularity, just after Easter 1787:"
- ^ Louis Châtellier The Religion of the Poor: Rural Missions in Europe and the Formation of Modern Catholicism, 1997 Page 217 "The Spanish Capuchin Diego-José of Cadiz (1743–1801) was not brilliant intellectually. ... But what above all contributed to his extraordinary success throughout southern Spain was the 'inspired' character of his preaching. His 'natural' ignorance – which was perhaps exaggerated by those who extolled him – signified that each of his sermons seemed to be altogether the work of the Holy Spirit. This began in Málaga in 1773."
- ^ a b “Blessed Diego”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 October 2012
- ^ a b c "Blessed Diego José de Cádiz", Capuchin Franciscan Friars Australia
- ^ "Plaza beato Fray Diego José de Cádiz". Deronda.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 February 2013.
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