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Detail Of An Antique Holy Card Of The Four Mercedarians By Bertoni Date Unknown
Detail Of An Antique Holy Card Of The Four Mercedarians By Bertoni Date Unknown

Blessed Dionisio Rugger

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

February 8

Biography

Blessed Dionisio Rugger, also known as Dionisio Ruggeri, was a Mercedarian friar who dedicated his life to the evangelization and conversion of Muslims and the liberation of enslaved Christians in the area of Provence, which is now part of modern France....