Monday, February 18, 2019

St. JOSEPH AT THE TRIONFALE NEIGHBORHOOD

S. GIUSEPPE AL TRIONFALE
1909/12 Aristide Leonori (1856/1928) for S. Pius X Sarto (1903/14) the last pope ever who was made saint
The pope had the church built favoring the wish of S. Luigi Guanella also known as Don Guanella, who was also the parish priest of the church
Don Guanella always committed himself to helping the poor and the psycho-physical disabled and he was the founder of the Catholic congregations of the Servi della Carità (Servants of Charity) and the Figlie di S. Maria della Divina Provvidenza (Daughters of Our Lady of Divine Providence)
He was canonized in 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI (2005/13)

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