Zefirino Agostini

Blessed
Zefirino Agostini
Priest
Born(1813-09-24)24 September 1813
Verona, Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy
Died6 April 1896(1896-04-06) (aged 82)
Verona, Kingdom of Italy
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified25 October 1998, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast6 April
Attributes
Patronage
  • Pious Union of Sisters Devoted to Saint Angela Merici
  • Ursuline Sisters of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate

Zefirino Agostini (24 September 1813 - 6 April 1896) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest that served in his hometown of Verona to perform his pastoral duties. He established two religious congregations in his lifetime being the Pious Union of Sisters Devoted to Saint Angela Merici and the Ursuline Sisters of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate.[1]

Agostini was beatified on 25 October 1998.

  1. ^ "Blessed Zefirino Agostini". Saints SQPN. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2016.