Saint Bernardino of Siena OFM | |
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| Priest, Confessor, Apostle of Italy | |
| Born | 8 September 1380 Massa Marittima, Republic of Siena, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 20 May 1444 (aged 63) Aquila, Kingdom of Naples, Holy Roman Empire |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 24 November 1449 |
| Canonized | 24 May 1450, Rome, Papal States by Pope Nicholas V |
| Feast | 20 May |
| Attributes | Tablet with IHS; three mitres representing the bishoprics which he refused |
| Patronage | Advertisers; advertising; Aquila, Italy; chest problems; Italy; Diocese of San Bernardino, California; gambling addicts; public relations personnel; public relations work; Bernalda, Italy; San Bernardino, Switzerland |
Bernardino of Siena, OFM (Bernardine or Bernadine;[1][2] 8 September 1380 – 20 May 1444), was an Italian Catholic priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in Italy. He was a systematizer of scholastic economics.
His preaching, his book burnings, and his "bonfires of the vanities" established his reputation in his own lifetime; they were frequently directed against gambling, infanticide, sorcery/witchcraft, sodomy (chiefly among homosexual males), Jews, Romani "Gypsies", usury, and the like.
Bernardino was canonised by Pope Nicholas V in 1450 and is referred to as "the Apostle of Italy" for his efforts to revive the country's Catholicism during the 15th century.[3]
- ^ Thureau-Dangin, Paul (1906). Saint Bernadine of Siena. J.M. Dent & Company. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Guiley, Rosemary (2001). "Bernadine of Siena". The Encyclopedia of Saints. Infobase Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4381-3026-2.
- ^ "St. Bernardine of Siena,'Apostle of Italy'", Catholic News Agency