Hildebrand Gregori

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Venerable Hildebrand Gregori (1894-1985), was a Roman Catholic Benedictine Abbott. He was born in Poggio Ginolfo, L'Aquila, Italy and died in Rome.

In 1950, he formed the organization "Prayerful Sodality" which in 1977 became the Pontifical Congregation of the Benedictine Sisters of the Reparation of the Holy Face.[1]

On September 27th, 2000 the 50th anniversary of the organization he formed was marked by an official letter from Pope John Paul II to Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini. [2]

In 2007, the 15-year diocesan phase in the process of his canonization was completed and on that occasion, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar general of the Diocese of Rome called him "a contemplative monk and untiring apostle in responding to the needs of his time".

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  1. ^ Zenith Vatican News Hildebrand Gregori a Step Closer to Canonization
  2. ^ Vatican archives LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER JOHN PAUL II TO CARDINAL FIORENZO ANGELINI FOR THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BENEDICTINE SISTERS OF REPARATION OF THE HOLY FACE