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Blessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet
Blessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet

Blessed Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

4-Apr

Born

15 August 1818 at Palermo, Sicily

Died

4 April 1894 at Catania, Sicily of natural causes; buried in the chapel of the Confraternity dei Bianchi; relics translated to the metropolitan cathedral of Catania in May 1904

Beatified

25 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II

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.

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