Cajetan | |
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 Portrait of Saint Cajetan | |
| Priest and Confessor | |
| Born | 1 October 1480 Vicenza, Veneto, Republic of Venice (now Italy) |
| Died | 7 August 1547 (aged 66) Naples, Campania, Kingdom of Naples |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 8 October 1629, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Urban VIII |
| Canonized | 12 April 1671, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Clement X |
| Major shrine | San Paolo Maggiore, Naples, Italy |
| Feast | 7 August |
| Attributes | Priest's cassock Book |
| Patronage | Bankers; unemployed people; workers; job seekers; Albania; Italy; Ħamrun (Malta); Argentina; Brazil; El Salvador; Guatemala; Labo, Camarines Norte, Philippines |
Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene CR (6 October 1480 – 7 August 1547), known as Saint Cajetan, was an Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer, co-founder of the Theatines. He is recognised as a saint in the Catholic Church, and his feast day is 7 August.