Gaspare Bertoni


Gaspare Bertoni

CSS
Priest
Born9 October 1777
Verona, Republic of Venice
Died12 June 1853(1853-06-12) (aged 75)
Verona, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified1 November 1975, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI
Canonized1 November 1989, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast12 June
AttributesPriest's cassock
PatronageStigmatines

Gaspare Luigi Bertoni, CSS (9 October 1777 – 12 June 1853)[1] was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata, also known as the Stigmatines.