Bernardo da Corleone | |
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Born | 6 February 1605 Corleone, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily |
Died | 12 January 1667 Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily | (aged 61)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 15 May 1768, Saint Peter's Basilica by Pope Clement XIII |
Canonized | 10 June 2001, Saint Peter's Square by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 12 January |
Attributes | Franciscan habit |
Patronage | Mafia victims, expectant mothers[1] |
Bernardo da Corleone (born Filippo Latini, 6 February 1605 – 12 January 1667) was a Sicilian Capuchin friar.[2]
He was a cobbler like his father until the latter died and he became a violent-tempered soldier who was quick to challenge to a duel those who offended him or the causes he believed in. But one duel went too far and he almost killed his opponent; he fled to the Franciscans in Palermo where he experienced a radical conversion and repentance for his previous life. Pope John Paul II canonized him 10 June 2001.
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