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Detail of A Photograph of A Statue of Saint Sylvester Gozzolini Saint SylvesterS College Kandy Sri Lanka Sculptor Unknown Photographed On 3 March 2013 By Rmeyen
Detail of A Photograph of A Statue of Saint Sylvester Gozzolini Saint SylvesterS College Kandy Sri Lanka Sculptor Unknown Photographed On 3 March 2013 By Rmeyen

Saint Sylvester Gozzolini

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

November 26

Died

November 26, 1267

Canonized

1598 by Pope Clement VIII (added to the Martyrology)

Beatified

late 1260’s by Pope Clement IV

Biography

Saint Sylvester Gozzolini was born in 1177 in Osimo, Marche, Italy, to a noble Italian family. He began his studies in civil law in Bologna and Padua in 1197. However, Sylvester's path took a dramatic turn when he decided to renounce his legal career and pursue theology instead....