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Lentini, Domenico

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LENTINI, DOMENICO. - Priest, b. at Lauria on 20 Nov. 1770, d. there on 24 Feb. 1828. At the age of 20 he entered the Seminary of Policastro, where he studied theology. Ordained deacon on 26 Oct. 1793, he returned to his town to teach the children of the people, without neglecting to complete his theological studies. A priest on 8 June 1794, he continued teaching, spending his whole life in the threefold fruitful apostolate of the school, preaching and the confessional. The cause for his beatification has been introduced.

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BIBL.: G. B. Pisani, Prediche del servo di Dio D. L., precedute da alcuni cenni biografici, Rome 1894; C. Sica, Il ven. D. L., Grottaferrata 1930.

Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), coll. 1108–1109.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Lentini, domenico.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 1108–1109. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lentini-domenico.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Lentini, domenico.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 1108–1109. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lentini-domenico.

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@incollection{ec7_lentini_domenico,
  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Lentini, domenico},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1108--1109},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/lentini-domenico}
}

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