DEL BUFALO, GASPAR, Blessed. - Apostle of devotion to the Most Precious Blood, b. in Rome on 6 Jan. 1786 to a noble but impoverished family, d. there on 28 Dec. 1837. Canon coadjutor of the basilica of St. Mark from 24 Nov. 1807, ordainedpriest on 31 July 1808, he devoted himself with admirable zeal to the apostolate. When Rome, in 1808, was invaded by French troops, having refused, although it was twice demanded of him, to take the oath of fidelity to Bonaparte (1810), he was exiled and then imprisoned at Piacenza, Bologna and finally in 1813 in Corsica.
As soon as he was free, on 26 Jan. 1814, he returned to Rome and, after renouncing the canonry of the basilica of St. Mark, concentrated all his energy on founding an ecclesiastical congregation destined for the preaching of missions and spiritual exercises; overcoming opposition and struggles, validly supported by Pius VII, he opened the first house of the Institute of the Most Precious Blood at Giano in Umbria, on 15 Aug. 1815. He then traveled, with his spiritual sons, through almost all of Italy, contributing greatly to the reform of the people and the clergy. The Blessed also took special care of the hospice of St. Galla in Rome and gave valid assistance to the venerable Maria De Matthias for the founding of the Adorers of the Most Precious Blood. His beatification, decreed by Pius X on 24 June 1904, was solemnly proclaimed on the following 18 Dec.
Bibliography5 worksA. Santelli, Biografia del ven. G. del B. (inedita: nell'Archivio della Congregazione del Preziosissimo Sangue); M. Armellini, Il ven. G. de
BIBL.: A. Santelli, Biografia del ven. G. del B. (inedita: nell'Archivio della Congregazione del Preziosissimo Sangue); M. Armellini, Il ven. G. del B. (inedita: ivi); A. Rey, Il beato G. del B.: suoi tempi, sua opera (inedita: ivi); V. Sardi, Vita del b. G. del B. Can. della basilica Marciana, Roma 1904; G. Di Girolamo, La ven. Maria De Matthias, Grottaferrata 1916.
Rey, Amilcare. “Del Bufalo, gaspare, beato.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1341–1342. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/del-bufalo-gaspare-beato.
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Rey, Amilcare. “Del Bufalo, gaspare, beato.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1341–1342. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/del-bufalo-gaspare-beato.
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@incollection{ec4_del_bufalo_gaspare_beato,
author = {Rey, Amilcare},
title = {Del Bufalo, gaspare, beato},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {1341--1342},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/del-bufalo-gaspare-beato}
}
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