Nicola Saggio

Saint Nicola Saggio, O.M.
Born 6 January 1650
Longobardi, Calabria, Italy
Died 3 February 1709 (aged 59)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
(Order of Minims)
Beatified 17 September 1786 by Pope Pius VI
Canonized 23 November 2014, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis
Feast 10 August
Attributes
Patronage Longobardi

Saint Nicola Saggio, O.M., was an Italian Catholic saint who was a member of the Order of Minims. He was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1786 and was canonized on 23 November 2014.[1]

Biography

Nicola Saggio was born on 6 January 1650 in Longobardi, a small town on the Tyrrhenian coast. His parents were Fulvio Saggio, a farmer, and Aurelia née Pizzini. He was the first of five children, followed by the twins Antonio and Domenica, Nicola and finally Muzio.

He was baptised as Giovanni Battista Clemente[2] on 10 January 1650.

His family raised him with high moral and spiritual values. He attended the convent of the Minims, which made him desire the religious life.

He was famous as a catechist in Longobardi and in Roman circles. A further change in his spiritual life was recorded in 1683 after a pilgrimage on foot to Loreto to ask the Lord, through the intercession of Mary, for the liberation of Vienna from the Turks.[3]

Veneration

Pope Pius VI presided over the rite of beatification on 17 September 1786 in St. Peter's Basilica. After the beatification, he was made the protector of Longobardi, his village.

The miracle for the canonization occurred in 1938 for a mason of Longobardi who fell from a scaffold without injury. The diocesan investigation took place between 2008 and 2009; he was canonized by Pope Francis on 23 November 2014[1] in Rome.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Announcement during the consistory of 12 June 12, 2014
  2. ↑ Santi e Beati
  3. ↑ P.A. Bellantonio, Nicola Saggio. Più in alto delle aquile, ed. Postulazione generale dei Minimi, 1986

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