DI NETTA, VITO MICHELE, venerable - Portrait - Tropea, church of the Redemptorists.
DI NETTA, Vito Michele, Venerable. - Born at Vallata (Avellino) on 26 February 1787, died on 3 December 1849. From the seminary of S. Angelo dei Lombardi he passed to the novitiate of the Redemptorists. As soon as he professed, on 29 January 1806, he was driven into exile by the Napoleonic militias, whence he returned, faithful, to the convent and was ordained a priest on 30 March 1811 at Lacedonia. In October of the same year he was at Catanzaro and then at Tropea, where he remained, except for a three-year period spent at Ciorani as master of novices, until his death, which occurred as he had foretold. In this city he formed a friendship with the philosopher Galluppi. With the fruitful Alfonsian system he evangelized from October to June, for 35 years, the abandoned populations scattered throughout the dioceses of Tropea and Nicotera, Mileto, Gerace, Oppido, Squillace, Reggio and Cosenza, seeking solely the glory of God and the salvation of souls amid unheard-of sacrifices, and earning for himself the title of apostle of Calabria. God made fruitful and lasting the apostolate of his tireless laborer with singular prodigies. Pius XI, by decree of 7 July 1935, proclaiming the heroicity of his virtues, advanced his beatification.
BibliographyAtti accademici degli Affaticati. II, manuscript in the private archive of the Marquis Toraldo in Tropea: A. Di Coste, L'apostolo delle Cala
BIBL.:Atti accademici degli Affaticati. II, manuscript in the private archive of the Marquis Toraldo in Tropea: A. Di Coste, L'apostolo delle Calabrie: sen. p. V. M. Di N., Valle di Pompei 1914.
Oreste Gregorio. “Di Netta, vito michele, venerabile.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1614–1615. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/di-netta-vito-michele-venerabile.
MLA
Oreste Gregorio. “Di Netta, vito michele, venerabile.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1614–1615. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/di-netta-vito-michele-venerabile.
BibTeX
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author = {Oreste Gregorio},
title = {Di Netta, vito michele, venerabile},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {1614--1615},
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/di-netta-vito-michele-venerabile}
}
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