Luigi Novarese
Appearance
Father Luigi Novarese | |
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Orders | |
Ordination | 17 December 1938 |
Personal details | |
Born | Luigi Novarese July 20, 1914 |
Died | July 29, 1984 Rocca Priora, Rome, Italy | (aged 70)
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 20 July |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Title as Saint | Blessed |
Beatified | 11 May 2013 Rome, Lazio, Italy by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone |
Attributes | Cassock |
Blessed Luigi Novarese (29 July 1914 - 20 July 1984) was the co-founder (with Sister Elvira Myriam Psorulla) of the Apostolate of the Suffering and The Silent Workers of the Cross. He also built several homes for those who were ill and disabled.[1]
In the first step towards sainthood, he was declared a Servant of God by Pope John Paul II on 1 July 1994. Pope Benedict XVI approved the decree of his heroic virtues on 27 March 2010 and recognized a miracle attributed to his intercession on 19 December 2011. He was beatified by on 11 May 2013 in Rome by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, representing Pope Francis.[2]