Gaspare Bertoni CSS | |
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Priest | |
Born | 9 October 1777 Verona, Republic of Venice |
Died | 12 June 1853 Verona, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia | (aged 75)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 1 November 1975, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI |
Canonized | 1 November 1989, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 12 June |
Attributes | Priest's cassock |
Patronage | Stigmatines |
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.