Saint Pantaleon is the patron saint of the lottery – proving there really is a saint for everything. I have even found several prayers online beseeching Pantaleon to pick the right numbers for the faithful.
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Saint Bernadino (Bernardino) was born in 1380 the son of the noble Albizeschi family in Massa Marittima (Tuscany), a Sienese town. His father was the governor. But at six years of age tragedy struck when Bernadino was left orphaned, and he was then raised by a pious aunt.
After he had finished schooling he spent some years in the service of the sick in the hospitals including working in the hospital of Santa Maria della Scala throughout the bubonic plague outbreak of 1400, it was here he caught the plague and nearly died.
His studies in Siena also included civil and canon law. Then in 1403 this intelligent, educated young man received his calling from God. He joined the Observant branch of the Order of Friars Minor, with a strict observance of Francis' Rule. He was ordained a priest in 1404.
Saint Bernadino played an important role in the religious revival of the early fifteenth century. His preaching success was claimed to be remarkable and large crowds would gather to hear him speak. It was said that under his counsel feuds and factionalism were reconciled and that miracles took place.
In 1427 Bernadino was summoned to Rome to stand trial on charges of heresy, he was found innocent and he impressed Pope Martin V sufficiently that the pope requested Bernadino to preach in Rome. He preached every day for 80 days. A typical sermon would last for an hour but some lasted for more than four.
That same year, he declined the offer of the bishopric of Siena. In 1431, he toured Tuscany, Lombardy, Romagna, and Ancona before returning to Siena to prevent a war against Florence.
Reports of miracles attributed to Bernadino multiplied rapidly so Pope Nicholas V canonized Bernardino only six years after his death.
Saint Cajetan | |
| Confessor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 October 1480 Vicenza, Veneto, Republic of Venice (now Italy) |
| Died | 7 August 1547 (aged 66) Naples, Campania, Kingdom of Naples |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 8 October 1629, Rome by Pope Urban VIII |
| Canonized | 12 April 1671, Rome by Pope Clement X |
| Feast | 7 August |
| Patronage | bankers; unemployed people; workers; gamers; gamblers; document controllers; job seekers; ; Albania; Italy; Ħamrun (Malta); Argentina; Brazil; El Salvador; Guatemala |
Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene (6 October 1480 – 7 August 1547), known as Saint Cajetan, was an Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer, co-founder of the Theatines. He is recognised as a saint in the Catholic Church, and his feast day is 7 August.
Life[edit]
St. Cajetan was born in October 1480, the son of Gaspar, lord of Thiene, and Mary Porta, persons of the first rank among the nobility of the territory of Vicenza, in Veneto[1] Region.
His father died when he was two years of age. Quiet and retiring by nature,[2] he was predisposed to piety by his mother. Cajetan studied law in Padua, receiving his degree as doctor utriusque juris (i.e., in civil and canon law) at age 24. In 1506 he worked as a diplomat for Pope Julius II, with whom he helped reconcile the Republic of Venice.[3] But he was not ordained a priest until the year 1516.
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With the death of Pope Julius II in 1513, Cajetan withdrew from the papal court.[3] Recalled to Vicenza by the death of his mother, he founded in 1522 a hospital for incurables there.[4] By 1523 he had established a hospital in Venice, as well. His interests were as much or more devoted to spiritual healing than the physical kind, and he joined a confraternity in Rome called the 'Oratory of Divine Love'.[1] He intended to form a group that would combine the spirit of monasticism with the exercises of the active ministry.
Theatines[edit]
A new congregation was canonically erected by Pope Clement VII in the year 1524. One of his four companions was Giovanni Pietro Carafa, the Bishop of Chieti, elected first superior of the order, who later became pope as Paul IV. From the name of the city of Chieti (in Latin: Theate), arose the name by which the order is known, the 'Theatines'.[4] The order grew at a fairly slow pace: there were only twelve Theatines during the sack of Rome in 1527, during which Cajetan was tortured by the Spanish soldiers of Charles V who had mutinied.[5] The Theatines managed to escape to Venice.[4]
There Cajetan met Jerome Emiliani, whom he assisted in the establishment of his Congregation of Clerks Regular. In 1533 he founded a house in Naples. The year 1540 found him in Venice again and from there he extended his work to Verona.[3] He founded a bank to help the poor and offer an alternative to usurers (who charged high interest rates).[6] It later became the Banco di Napoli.
Cajetan died in Naples on 7 August 1547.[6] His remains are in the church of San Paolo Maggiore in Naples;[7] outside the church is Piazza San Gaetano, with a statue.
Veneration[edit]
He was beatified on 8 October 1629 by Pope Urban VIII. On 12 April 1671 Cajetan was canonized.[6] Saint Cajetan's feast day is celebrated on 7 August.
Jesuit missionary Eusebio Kino in 1691 established the mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori in honor of St. Cajetan. It is now Tumacacori National Historical Park in Arizona.
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He is known as the patron saint of Argentina, the unemployed,[8] gamblers, document controllers, gamers,[9] and good fortune.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abButler, Alban. Lives of the Saints, Vol. VIII, 1866
- ^Lewis, Mark A. (2001). 'Recovering the Apostolic Way of Life'. In O'Malley, John W.; Comerford, Kathleen M.; Pabel, Hilmar M. (eds.). Early Modern Catholicism: Essays in Honour of John W. O'Malley, S.J. University of Toronto Press. ISBN9780802084170.
- ^ abcKeating, Joseph. 'St. Cajetan.' The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 15 April 2013
- ^ abcFoley O.F.M., Leonard. Saint of the Day, Lives, Lessons, and Feast, (revised by Pat McCloskey O.F.M.), Franciscan MediaISBN978-0-86716-887-7
- ^Mullet, Michael. The Catholic Reformation, Routledge, 2002ISBN9781134658534
- ^ abc'St. Cajetan', Catholic News Agancy
- ^“Saint Cajetan”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 May 2016
- ^Wooden, Cindy (April 7, 2013). 'Pope joins pilgrims -via video- at Shrine of St. Cajetan'. Catholic News Service. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^'Who is the Patron Saint of Gamers?'. WeirdCatholic.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
External links[edit]
- Biography of St Cajetan(in Spanish)