Blessed Tommaso Maria Fusco
Also known as: Thomas Mary Fusco
Feast Day
24-Feb
Born
1 December 1831 at Pagani, Salerno, parish of San Felice e Corpo di Cristo, diocese of Nocera-Sarno, Italy
Died
24 February 1891 of a chronic liver disease
Beatified
7 October 2001 by Pope John Paul II; the beatification miracles involved the healing of Mrs Maria Battaglia on 20 August 1964 in Sciacca, Agrigento, Sicily
Venerated
24 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Tommaso Maria Fusco, also known as Thomas Mary Fusco, was born on 1 December 1831 in Pagani, Salerno, Italy. He was the son of Dr. Antonio Fusco, a pharmacist, and Stella Giordano, a member of the Italian nobility. Tommaso was the seventh of eight children in a devout and pious Catholic family.
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