Nicola Riezzo
Italian archbishop
Who they were
Nicola Riezzo (11 December 1904 - 20 August 1998) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Otranto from 1969 until his retirement in 1981. He had served prior to this as the Bishop of Castellaneta and concurrent to his term in office as an apostolic administrator for another diocese. Riezzo was well known for his holiness, with the priests in his diocese coming to love and admire him due to his careful attention to evangelization and catechesis. He had served as a professor following his ordination in Assisi and Molfetta prior to being nominated to the episcopate.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q3876336 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Nicola Riezzo (CC BY-SA)
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