Blessed Paul Burali Darezzo
Also known as: Paolo Burali d’Arezzo; Scipione
Feast Day
17-Jun
Born
1511 in Itri, diocese of Gaeta, Italy as Scipione
Died
17 June 1578 at Torre del Greco, on the side of Mount Vesuvius, kingdom of Naples, Italy of natural causes; interred in the crypt in the basilica of Saint Paul Maggiore, Naples
Beatified
8 June 1772 by Pope Clement XIV
Biography
Blessed Paul Burali d'Arezzo, also known as Paolo Burali Darezzo, was born as Scipione in Itri, in the diocese of Gaeta, Italy in 1511. After completing his studies at the University of Salerno in 1525 and later at the University of Bologna in 1536, he became a renowned civil and canon lawyer in Naples, Italy. Notably, one of his teachers during his time in Bologna was the future Pope Gregory XIII.
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