Blessed Giacomo Abbondo - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Giacomo Abbondo

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

9 Febuary

Born

27 August 1720 in Salomino, Duchy of Milan (in modern Italy)

Died

9 Febuary 1788 in Tronzano, Ducky of Milan, Italy of natural causes; buried in Tronzano; due to his grve becoming a site of pilgrimage, his was re-interred on 13 March 1922; relics exhumed and enshrined in his old parish church on 5 November 2015

Beatified

11 June 2016 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Cathedral of Sant’Eusebio, Vercelli, Italy presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato; his beatification miracle involved the 1907 healing of Giovanni Domenico Viola received through the intercession of Father Giacomo

Venerated

9 May 2014 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Giacomo Abbondo, also known as Father Giacomo Abbondo, was born on 27 August 1720 in Salomino, in the Duchy of Milan, which is now part of modern-day Italy. He was the second of six children born to Carlo Benedetto Abbondo and Francesca Maria Naya. Giacomo's life was profoundly influenced by his paternal uncle, Father Giovanni Carlo Abbondo, who played a vital role in shaping his vocation.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2016-06-11 by 11 June 2016 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Cathedral of Sant’Eusebio, Vercelli, Italy presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato; his beatification miracle involved the 1907 healing of Giovanni Domenico Viola received through the intercession of Father Giacomo