Franciscan Saints

 

General Postulation for the causes of Saints

 

It is this Office’s duty to study and present to the diocesan curia and the Holy See for beatification and canonisation the cases of persons (mainly Franciscans from all the Franciscan Family) who have shown concrete signs of holiness in the heroic exercise of all virtues.

General Postulator

 

Br. Giovangiuseppe Califano, OFM

Tel. +39-0668491336

Email: postgen@ofm.org

Vice General Postulator

 

Br. Francesco Antonelli, OFM

+39.0668491224

Email: fantonelli@ofm.org

St. Anthony of Padua

 

He is one of the most popular Saints in the whole Catholic Church, venerated not only in Padua but also throughout the world. Dear to the faithful are the images and statues that portray him with the lily a symbol of his purity or with the Child Jesus in his arms, in memory of a miraculous apparition mentioned in several literary sources.

 

St. Bonaventure

 

St Bonaventure, in all likelihood born in 1217, died in 1274. Thus he lived in the 13th century, an epoch in which the Christian faith which had deeply penetrated the culture and society of Europe inspired imperishable works in the fields of literature, the visual arts, philosophy and theology.

 

St. Clare of Assisi

 

One of the best loved Saints is without a doubt St Clare of Assisi who lived in the 13th century and was a contemporary of St Francis. Her testimony shows us how indebted the Church is to courageous women, full of faith like her, who can give a crucial impetus to the Church’s renewal.

 

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