Blessed Giacomo Abbondo

Beato Giacomo Abbondo

Beato

Post-Congregation

Día de Fiesta

9 Febuary

Nacimiento

27 August 1720 in Salomino, Duchy of Milan (in modern Italy)

Fallecimiento

9 Febuary 1788 in Tronzano, Ducky of Milan, Italy of natural causes; buried in Tronzano; due to his grve becoming a site of pilgrimage, his was re-interred on 13 March 1922; relics exhumed and enshrined in his old parish church on 5 November 2015

Beatificado

11 June 2016 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Cathedral of Sant’Eusebio, Vercelli, Italy presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato; his beatification miracle involved the 1907 healing of Giovanni Domenico Viola received through the intercession of Father Giacomo

Venerado

9 May 2014 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)

Biografía

Beato Giacomo Abbondo, también conocido como Padre Giacomo Abbondo, nació el 27 de agosto de 1720 en Salomino, en el Ducado de Milán, que actualmente forma parte de Italia moderna. Era el segundo de seis hijos nacidos de Carlo Benedetto Abbondo y Francesca Maria Naya. La vida de Giacomo fue profundamente influenciada por su tío paterno, el Padre Giovanni Carlo Abbondo, quien desempeñó un papel vital en la formación de su vocación.

Causa de Canonización

Beatified

Beatificado2016-06-11 por 11 June 2016 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Cathedral of Sant’Eusebio, Vercelli, Italy presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato; his beatification miracle involved the 1907 healing of Giovanni Domenico Viola received through the intercession of Father Giacomo