Monday, March 26, 2012

BLESSED GILES OF LORENZANA



Blessed Giles of Lorenzana, OFM
Feast day: January 28
 Born in Lorenzana, Naples, Italy, c. 1443; died 1518; cultus approved in 1880. Blessed Giles began life as a farmhand in Naples, then became a Franciscan lay-brother and was allowed to live as a hermit in the garden of the friary. He is famous for his love of animals

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