Blessed Nicola Of Gesturi
Also known as: Giovanni Angelo Salvatore Medda
Feast Day
8 June; 1st Sunday in August (Gesturi, Italy)
Born
4 August 1882 in Gesturi, Cagliari, Italy as Giovanni Angelo Salvatore Medda
Died
8 June 1958 in Cagliari, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
3 October 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Venerated
25 June 1996 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Nicola of Gesturi, also known as Giovanni Angelo Salvatore Medda, was born on 4 August 1882 in Gesturi, Cagliari, Italy. He was the sixth child of Giovanni Medda and Priama Cogoni Zedda. Sadly, Nicola's father passed away when he was just five years old, and his mother died when he was thirteen. As a result, he spent much of his youth living with his adult sister, who sent him to work on the family farm and tend to the cattle.
Cause for Canonization
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