Also known as:
Blessed Diego José de Cádiz;
Spanish: Diego José de Cádiz
DIEGO JOSEPH of CÁDIZ, beato. - Preacher and Capuchin writer of the province of Andalusia, b. at Cadiz on 30 March 1743, entered the novitiate on 31 March 1758, d. at Ronda (Malaga) on 24 March 1801.
He was called the apostle of Spain, which he traveled through preaching, amid the moved admiration of the great and of the people. He was appointed consultor and theologian in numerous dioceses, honorary canon of many cathedral Chapters, doctor honoris causa and member of various universities and cultural institutes. For religious reasons and for national independence he championed the crusade against the French revolutionaries (1793-95); the pamphlet El soldado católico en guerra de religión (Ecija 1794) had wide circulation and various editions. His sermons and discourses collected in the Colección de las obras del v. p. Fr. Diego Josef de Cádiz (5 vols., Madrid 1796-99) were also circulated in numerous separate editions. A precious document of spirituality are the Cartas de conciencia que el b. Diego J. de Cádiz dirigió a su director espiritual (Seville 1904). He propagated in a particular way devotion to the Most Holy Trinity and to the privileges of Mary. He was beatified in 1894 by Leo XIII. Feast on 26 March.
Bibliography9 worksPaolo dalla Pieve, Vita del b. D. G. da C., Rome 1894; Ambrosio da Valencina, El Director perfecto y el Dirigido Santo. Correspondencia epis
BIBL.: Paolo dalla Pieve, Vita del b. D. G. da C., Rome 1894; Ambrosio da Valencina, El Director perfecto y el Dirigido Santo. Correspondencia epistolar del b. D. J. de C. con el V. P. Maestro Francisco Javier González y viceversa, 4th ed., Seville 1924; Sebastián de Ubrique, Vida del b. D. J. de C., 2 vols., ibid. 1926; id., Estudio sobre la oratoria del b. D. J. de C., in Collectanea Franc., 7 (1937), pp. 367-608; 8 (1938), pp. 38-69; Serafin de Ausejo, Reseña bibliográfica de las obras impresas del b. D. J. de C., Madrid 1947; id., El derecho de María a la inmortalidad según las obras del b. D. J. de C. delatadas a la Inquisición, in Estudios Franc., 49 (1948), pp. 329-52; 50 (1949), pp. 177-208; id., Doctrina asuncionista del b. D. J. de C., delatada a la Inquisición, in Verdad y Vida, 6 (1948), pp. 317-43.
Ilarino da Milano. “Diego Giuseppe da Cadice, beato.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1572–1573. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/diego-giuseppe-da-cadice-beato.
MLA
Ilarino da Milano. “Diego Giuseppe da Cadice, beato.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1572–1573. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/diego-giuseppe-da-cadice-beato.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_diego_giuseppe_da_cadice_beato,
author = {Ilarino da Milano},
title = {Diego Giuseppe da Cadice, beato},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {1572--1573},
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/diego-giuseppe-da-cadice-beato}
}
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