Luigi Tezza
Italian presbyter (1841–1923)
Feast: 26 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Luigi Tezza (1 November 1841 - 26 September 1923) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Camillians. He established the Daughters of St. Camillus and is known as the Apostle of Lima. He was ordained in 1864 and went on to serve the sick and the poor in Peru where he administered. Tezza's new religious congregation was established with the sole aim of sick relief and followed the example of the Camillian order as a branch of it.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Giuseppina Vannini Saint“Together with Luigi Tezza she established the religious congregation known as the Daughters of Saint Camillus.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q1386508 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Luigi Tezza (CC BY-SA)
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