Saint Giuseppe Maria Tomasi | |
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Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti | |
Native name | Giuseppe Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa |
Appointed | 11 July 1712 |
Installed | 11 July 1712 |
Term ended | 1 January 1713 |
Predecessor | Marcello d'Aste |
Successor | Niccolò Caracciolo |
Orders | |
Ordination | 23 December 1673 by Giacomo de Angelis |
Created cardinal | 18 May 1712 by Pope Clement XI |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | Giuseppe Maria Tomasi 12 September 1649 |
Died | 1 January 1713 Rome, Lazio, Papal States | (aged 63)
Buried | Basilica of Sant'Andrea della Valle, Rome, Papal States |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Parents | Giulio Tomasi di Lampedusa & Rosalia Traina |
Sainthood | |
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Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 29 September 1803 by Pope Pius VII |
Canonized | 12 October 1986 by Pope John Paul II |
Attributes | Cardinal's attire |
Patronage | Catholic liturgy |
Shrines | Basilica of Sant'Andrea della Valle, Rome, Italy |
Joseph Mary Tomasi CR (Italian: Giuseppe Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa; 12 September 1649 – 1 January 1713) was an Italian Catholic priest, scholar, reformer and cardinal. His scholarship was a significant source of the reforms in the liturgy of the Catholic Church during the 20th century. He was a member of the Theatines.
Tomasi was beatified by Pope Pius VII in 1803, and canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1986.