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Detail Of A Statue Of Blessed Modestinus Date And Artist Unknown Located In Piedimonte Matese Italy Photographed On 27 January 2017 By Gianfranco Vitolo
Detail Of A Statue Of Blessed Modestinus Date And Artist Unknown Located In Piedimonte Matese Italy Photographed On 27 January 2017 By Gianfranco Vitolo

Blessed Modestinus Of Jesus And Mary

Also known as: Dominic Mazzarella; Modestino of Jesus and Mary

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

July 24

Born

September 5, 1802

Died

July 24, 1854

Beatified

29 January 1995 by Pope John Paul II at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy

Biography

Blessed Modestinus of Jesus and Mary, also known as Dominic Mazzarella or Modestino of Jesus and Mary, was born on 5 September 1802 in Frattamaggiore, Diocese of Aversa, Naples, Italy. He was raised in a poor, working-class family, with his father involved in preparing hemp for rope making and his mother working as a weaver.