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Also known as

• Bernardo de Corleone
• Brother Bernardo
• Filippo Latino
• Philipi Latini

Memorial

• 12 January

Profile

Shoemaker by trade, and considered the greatest swordsman and duelist in Sicily in his day. After mortally wounding a man named Canino in a duel, he sought sanctuary from the law in the church of the Capuchin Friars Minor in Palermo. While hiding there, he had a true conversion, and became a Capuchin lay-brother in 1632, changing his name to Brother Bernardo.

Noted for his extreme austerity and self-imposed penances in an attempt to atone for his earlier life. Had the gift of healing animals by prayer.

Born

• 6 February 1605 at Corleone, Palermo, Sicily as Filippo Latino

Died

• 12 January 1667 at Palermo, Sicily

Venerated

• 2 February 1762 by Pope Clement XIII (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 15 May 1768 by Pope Clement XIII

Canonized

• 10 June 2001 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bernard of Corleone“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 June 2023. Web. 24 April 2024. <>