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Detail of A Statue of Saint Cayetano Date Unknown Artist Unknown Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires Argentina Photographed On 9 March 2013 By Barcex
Detail of A Statue of Saint Cayetano Date Unknown Artist Unknown Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires Argentina Photographed On 9 March 2013 By Barcex

Saint Cajetan

Also known as: Cajetan the Theatine; Cajetan of Thiene; Cayetano; Gaetano; Gaetanus; Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene; Gaetano da Thiene

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

7-Aug

Born

October 1480 at Vicenza, Italy as Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene

Died

1547 at Naples, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X

Beatified

8 October 1629 by Pope Urban VIII

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Biography

Saint Cajetan, born the second son of the pious and noble Caspar de Thienna and Maria Porta in Padua, Italy, was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in infancy. Known from childhood as "the Saint," he later earned the title "the hunter of souls

Books & Resources

Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612787169

Roman Martyrology, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/142864475X

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