Blessed Stefano Del Lupo
Also known as: Stephen of the Wolf
Feast Day
19 July; 19 September on some calendars; 29 September on some calendars
Born
Between 1099 and 1118, probably in or near Carovilli, Italy
Died
19 July 1191 of natural causes; buried in a marble sepulchre in the church of the San Pietro di Vallebona abbey near Manoppello, Italy; relics examined and re-interred in 1591; relics examined and re-interred in 1645; relics examined and re-interred in 1646; relics re-enshrined in the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Carovilli, Italy on 29 September 1807 when the San Pietro monastery was suppressed; relics re-enshrined in an urn in the San Stefano del Lupo chapel in Carovilli in 2004
Biography
Blessed Stefano Del Lupo, also known as Stephen of the Wolf, was a Benedictine monk who dedicated his life to God's service in the rugged Maiella mountains of the Abruzzo Apennines, Italy. Born between 1099 and 1118, most likely in or near Carovilli, Italy, Stefano felt a deep calling to a life of penance and solitude.
Cause for Canonization
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