Biographical Data : Saint Alfonso Maria Fusco
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23rd March 1839 |
Alphonso Maria Fusco was born in Angri, in the diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno( Salerno) |
5th November 1850 |
Enters the diocesan Seminary |
29th May 1863 |
Ordained a priest and began intense pastoral activity particularly among the young people and children and devoted himself to confessions, catechism and preaching. |
30th May 1863 |
First Mass in the Church of St. John the Baptist, Angri, Italy |
17th August 1873 |
Nominated Canon of the Collegiata of Angri |
26th September 1878 |
Foundation of the Congregation of the Baptistine Sisters for education, instruction of orphans and needy children. |
9th March, 1897 |
Pope Leo XXIII nominated him as Canon of St. John the Baptist Church, Angri. |
6th February |
Saintly death at Angri where he is burried in the Chapel of the Mother House. |
27th February 1928 |
Remains of Founder are brought from Angri to Mother House. |
27th July 1939 |
His case for Canonization was begun. |
12th February 1976
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Pope Paul VI declares the virtues of God’s Servant to have been ‘Heroic’ |
3rd February 1998 |
Healing of Gershome Chizuma, Zambian child through Servant of God. |
1st July 2000 |
Pope John Paul II announces this healing as miracle for Beatification. |
7th October 2001 |
Pope John Paul II proclaims him ‘Blessed’ in St. Peter’s Square, Rome |
7th February |
Liturgical Feast of the ‘Blessed’. |
16th October 2016 |
Pope Francis proclaims him ‘Saint’ in St. Peter’s Square, Rome |