TODAY'S SAINT: JULY 2: ST. BERNARDINO REALINO

St. Bernardino Realino

JESUIT COLLEGE RECTOR

Feast: July 2

Information: Feast Day: July 2 Born: Modena, Italy, in 1530 Died: 1616 Canonized: 1947 by Pope Pius XII Patron of: Lecce, Italy

Born in Modena, Italy, in 1530, he trained as an attorney. At the age of thirty-four, Bernardine became a member of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits. He was appointed years later to the post of rector of the Jesuit college at Lecce, remaining there until death. Bernardine was canonized in 1947.

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