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Saint Cesidio Giacomantonio
Saint Cesidio Giacomantonio

Saint Cesidio Giacomantonio

Also known as: Angelo

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

July 4

Born

August 30, 1873

Died

July 1, 4

Canonized

1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

24 November 1946 by Pope Pius XII

Biography

Saint Cesidio Giacomantonio, also known as Angelo, was born on 30 August 1873 in Fossa, L’Aquila, Italy, to Giovanni and Maria Loreta Antonucci. From a young age, Cesidio felt a deep calling to religious life and, at the age of 15, he joined the Franciscan Friars Minor (Reformed) at the convent of San Angelo in Ocre, Italy....