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The Little Number of Those Who Are Saved
by St. Leonard of Port Maurice

Saint Leonard of Port Maurice was a most holy Franciscan friar who lived at the monastery of Saint Bonaventure in Rome. He was one of the greatest missioners in the history of the Church. He used to preach to thousands in the open square of every city and town where the churches could not hold his listeners. So brilliant and holy was his eloquence that once when he gave a two … [More]

Born
January 15, 1811(1811-01-15)
Castelnuovo, Piedmont, Italy
Died
June 23, 1860 (aged 49)
Turin, Italy
Venerated in
Roman Catholic
Beatified
1925
Canonized
1947
Feast
June 22
Attributes
Minister
Patronage
prison chaplains, captives, imprisoned people and prisoners

Turin, born in Castelnuovo d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy.Turin [1], who took it as their job to minister to the dispossessed, marginalised and often criminal elements of a city in the throes of industrialisation. He was the apostle of … [More]