Blessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
April 4
Born
August 15, 1818
Died
April 4, 1894
Beatified
25 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Religious Order
Venerated
15 July 1965 by Pope Paul VI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, born on 15 August 1818 in Palermo, Sicily, was a prominent figure in the Catholic Church of the 19th century. He hailed from the Sicilian nobility, being the son of Marquis Luigi Dusmet. At the tender age of five, he began his education at the abbey of San Martino delle Scales.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified1988-09-25 by 25 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II
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