Lawrence Justinian

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Saint

Lawrence Justinian
Episcopal vestments
PatronagePatriarchate of Venice
ShrinesBasilica of San Pietro di Castello

Lawrence Justinian (Italian: Lorenzo Giustiniani, 1 July 1381 – 8 January 1456) was a Venetian Catholic priest and bishop who became the first Patriarch of Venice. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

Biography

Lawrence Justinian was a member of the well-known

canons regular following a monastic form of life on the island of San Giorgio in Alga.[2]
He was admired by his fellows for his poverty, mortification, and fervency of prayer. Two years after his ordination to the
Rule of St. Augustine. He was chosen to be the first prior of the community.[3]

Lawrence promoted the Constitutions which had been established for the

Canons Regular of St. George, which was embraced by other communities of Canons in the region and shortly thereafter he became the Prior
General of a Congregation. He was so zealous in spreading it that he was looked upon as if he were the actual founder of the Order.

In 1433,

Grado
, and the seat of the patriarchate was moved to Venice, making Giustiniani the first Patriarch of Venice, a post that he held for over four years.

It was during Lawrence's rule that

Muslim forces. Due to their centuries of close trading partnerships with Byzantine Empire, the people of Venice were in panic as to their future. He took a leading role in helping the Republic to deal with the crisis, working with the Senate to help chart its future, as well as with the clergy and people to calm them.[2]

Veneration

  • St. Lawrence Giustiniani adoring the Baby Jesus, by Luca Giordano, (17th century).
    St. Lawrence Giustiniani adoring the Baby Jesus, by Luca Giordano, (17th century).
  • Lorenzo Giustiniani. 1465. Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, by Gentile Bellini
    Lorenzo Giustiniani. 1465. Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, by Gentile Bellini
  • De disciplina et perfectione monasticae conversationis
    De disciplina et perfectione monasticae conversationis
  • Statue of Saint Lawrence Justinian in the Cathedral of Padua
    Statue of Saint Lawrence Justinian in the
    Cathedral of Padua

He died on January 8, 1456, in Venezia Italy. He was proclaimed saint on October 16, 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII, at the presence of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni as procurator, assisted by Cardinal Carpegna, and of Abbot Pier Santi Fonti in quality of master of ceremonies.[5][6] The Bull of Canonization was published on 4 June 1724 by Pope Benedict XIII.[7]

feast day in the General Roman Calendar for celebration on 5 September, the anniversary of his elevation to the episcopate. Because of the saint's limited importance worldwide, his liturgical celebration is no longer included in the General Roman Calendar,[8] and his feast was moved to 8 January, the day of his death.[9]

His works, consisting of

ascetic treatises, have been frequently reprinted.[10]

See also
  • Louis Barbo

References

  1. ^ Saint of the Day, September 5 saintpatrickdc.org. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  2. ^ a b "San Lorenzo Giustiniani". Santi e beati (in Italian). Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Saints of the Canons Regular". Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Congregations and Houses". Augustinian canons. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  5. OCLC 56014539
    .
  6. ^ The Oblations in the Old Rite of Canonisation. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. (at 1:29).
  7. ^ [https://archive.org/details/BR-Tomo-22 Bullarium Romanum. Vol 22. Benedict XIII (1724-1730). Taurini Ed, 1871. P. 23-31.
  8. ^ Calendarium Romanum, Libreria Editrice Vaticana (1969), p. 137
  9. ISBN 88-209-7210-7
  10. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Giustiniani s.v. 1. Lorenzo" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 54–55.

External links

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lawrence Justinian". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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