Joseph Cafasso
Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius XI | |
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Canonized | 22 June 1947, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII |
Major shrine | Santuario della Consolata, Turin, Italy |
Feast | 23 June |
Attributes | Priest's attire |
Patronage |
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Joseph Cafasso (
The cause for his canonization commenced after his death and led to his beatification in mid-1925 and his canonization two decades later on 22 June 1947; he is a patron for Italian prisoners and prisoners amongst other things.[5][7]
Life
Giuseppe Cafasso was born to peasants in
It was often said that no one who knew Cafasso as a child ever could recall him having sinned, seeing him as a model individual.
He underwent some further theological studies at the
He - at some point - became a professed member of the Third Order of Saint Francis.[9] In his role as a teacher he never neglected his duties as a priest and often aided those students in poor circumstances when he would provide them with books and other things needed for them to complete their studies.
Cafasso became a noted lecturer in
The priest was known for his practice of mortifications with the aim of becoming as frugal as possible. He never smoked nor did he drink things other than water alone. He never indulged in
He was also a noted
He died on 23 June 1860 and his friend Bosco (who wrote a biographical account of his old friend) preached though was not the celebrant for the Mass. Cafasso had died from
Sainthood
The process for canonization opened in Turin in a local process that would assess his saintliness and evaluate his spiritual writings; the formal introduction to the cause came in an official decree that
Pius XII - on 9 April 1948 - declared him to be the patron saint of all Italian prisons and prisoners. In his apostolic exhortation Menti Nostrae - on 23 September 1950 - the pontiff further offered him as an example to all priests involved as confessors and spiritual directors.[5]
Monuments and buildings
There is a monument that has been erected in his honour in Turin at the road crossing of Corso Regina Margherita and Corso Principe Eugenio and Corso Valdocco (called the Rondò della Forca - or the Gallows Roundabout).[7] In 1968 a church in the Tuscolano district in Rome was dedicated to him.[5]
See also
- Giovanni Bosco
- Giuseppe Allamano (his nephew)
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Saint Giuseppe Cafasso". Saints SQPN. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ The 'Social Saints' of Turin - at time of writing - are taken to be Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, John Bosco, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, and Leonardo Murialdo, who took it as their task to minister to the dispossessed, marginalized and often criminal elements Turin which was in the throes of industrialization. If the movement for her beatification proves successful, Juliette Colbert de Barolo - who focused on women prisoners - could come to be added to their number.
- ^ a b c Meg Hunter-Kilmer (22 June 2017). "The holy priest who left hardened sinners "weeping for joy"". Aleteia. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "Saint Joseph Cafasso (1811-1860)". Salesians UK. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g "San Giuseppe Cafasso" (in Italian). Santi e Beati. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ a b "The life of St. Joseph Cafasso". Catholic Tradition. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "St. Joseph Cafasso". Catholic Online. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ Bosco himself would later become a priest when he started this work. It has since spread worldwide through the religious congregation that he founded: the Salesians of Don Bosco. He has also been declared a saint and their hometown has been renamed in his honour.
- ^ "Elder O.F.M. Cap, Joseph Mary. "All Saints of the Seraphic Order", Capuchin Franciscans". Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ Fr. Don Miller, O.F.M. "Saint Joseph Cafasso". Franciscan Media. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Giulia di Barolo" (PDF). Commune of Turin (in Italian). Retrieved 29 August 2017.