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Blessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet
Blessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet

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

Benedictine

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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