Lodovico Pavoni
Blessed Lodovico Pavoni | |
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| Born | 11 September 1784 Brescia, Duchy of Milan |
| Died | 1 April 1849 (aged 64) Saiano, Brescia, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 14 April 2002, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
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| Patronage | Sons of Mary Immaculate |
Lodovico Pavoni (11 September 1784 – 1 April 1849) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who administered in Brescia where he lived. He paid close attention to the needs of males and was concerned with their education. He was to establish - in 1825 - his own religious congregation to assist in his mission: the Sons of Mary Immaculate which came to be known also as the "Pavoniani".[1]
Pavoni was beatified on 14 April 2002 and is the patron of his order. The second miracle needed for his sainthood received the official approval of Pope Francis in 2016; a date was determined on 20 June 2016 at a gathering of cardinals and set for 16 October 2016.
Life
Lodovico Pavoni was born in Brescia on 11 September 1794. He received his theological formation at the home of Father Carlo Domenico Ferrari - future Bishop of Brescia. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1807.
He was appointed as an assistant to Bishop Gabrio Nava in 1812 and was named as a church rector in 1818. He was assigned to the Church of St. Barnabas.
He opened a center for males and expanded it into a hostel in 1821 for their shelter and to include a school to teach them a particular trade which included carpentry, silversmiths, blacksmiths, shoemakers and dye making. He extended this to deaf and mute people in 1823. He founded his own congregation of priests and brothers in 1825 known as the Sons of Mary Immaculate, commonly referred to as the "Pavonians". Pope Gregory XVI granted his assent to the congregation in 1843. On 8 December 1847, Lodovico and the first members made their religious profession.
In 1849 Pavoni did his best to assist citizens who were in the middle of a cholera epidemic. With Austria and Brescia in conflict, he died in mid 1849 as the city burned.[1][2][3]
Sainthood process
Process and beatification
Pope Benedict XV commenced the beatification cause on 12 March 1919 despite the fact that it had conducted its business on a local level from 1908 to 1912. Despite this it was ratified on two occasions in 1926 and in 1942. Pope Pius XII declared that he had lived a life of heroic virtue and declared him to be Venerable.
A miracle attributed to his intercession was investigated from 1925 to 1926 and was ratified decades later in 2001. Pope John Paul II approved the miracle in 2001 and beatified Pavoni on 14 April 2002.
Second miracle
The second miracle required for his eventual canonization was investigated in the diocese where the healing occurred and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints decreed that the process was valid and would begin their own investigation on 12 December 2014. A medical board approved it on 10 March 2016 with theologians to follow; the C.C.S. approved it on 3 May 2016 and passed it to Pope Francis who approved it on 9 May 2016. A date was set for his canonization at a gathering of cardinals on 20 June 2016 for 16 October 2016.
Postulation
Father Pietro Riva is the current postulator of the cause.
References
- ^ a b "Blessed Ludovico Pavoni". Saints SQPN. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "Lodovico Pavoni". Holy See. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "Blessed Lodovico Pavoni". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 17 June 2015.