Francis de Geronimo
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Francesco de Geronimo, also Francis Jerome (17 December 1642 - 11 May 1716) was an
Life
Francesco de Geronimo was born in
The reception of his
He received his
He first devoted himself to stirring up the religious enthusiasm of a congregation of workmen called the "Oratio della Missione" which had established at the
Whatever time was unoccupied with his missions he devoted to giving rural missions. He tried to establish an association of
In March 1715 - the start of Lent - he was giving a retreat to some students when he suddenly felt a racking fever so strong that he had to be carried out of the room to his bed. This ailment subdued over the course of the week and he resumed his usual duties despite his weakness which declined towards December.[2] It was before Christmas that he felt so frail that his anxious superior sent him to Puzzuoli to recuperate. In March 1716 he was well enough to return to Naples where he stayed in the hospital wing. In mid-1716, he died from pleurisy after a fortnight of great pain.[1] His remains were buried in a leaden coffin but when they were exhumed on 3 July 1736 it was discovered that they had turned to dust. The dust was collected and deposited into a coffin of wood lined with brass. Cardinal Orsini - the future Pope Benedict XIII - dedicated an entire sermon to him in the Benevento Cathedral.
There is a chapel dedicated to him at Gesù Nuovo in Naples, and in 1934 Francesco Jerace sculpted the statue that honors him.
Sainthood
Not long after the Jesuit died, the Naples archdiocese petitioned the
On 2 May 1758 he was proclaimed to be
Writings
Francesco de Geronimo wrote little. Some of his letters have been used in biographical works and cited by other authors. The archives of the Jesuits contain a voluminous collection of his sermons.
The account he wrote to his superiors of the fifteen most laborious years of his ministry dates from October 1693. He called it Brevi notizie della cose di gloria di Dio accadute negli exercizi delle sacri missioni di Napoli da quindici anni in quâ, quanto si potuto richiamare in memoria. Giuseppe Boero published it in S. Francesco di Girolamo, e le sue missioni dentro e fuori di Napoli, p. 67-181 (Florence, 1882).
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Saint Francis of Girolamo". Saints SQPN. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "St. Francis di Girolamo". EWTN. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d "St. Francis de Geronimo". The Catholic Encyclopedia. 1 September 1909. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ May 11th - Saint Francis Jerome, SJ
Sources
- For his writings, cf. Carlos Sommervogel, "Bibl. de la Compagnie de Jésus", new ed., III, column 1358