POMPILIO MARIA PIRROTTI, santo. - Piarist, b. at Montecalvo Irpino (Avellino) on 29 Sept. 1710, d. at Campi Salentina (Lecce) on 15 July 1766. He taught in various houses of the provinces of Naples and Apulia.

Everywhere he distinguished himself especially by his activity as an apostle and missionary, which he carried on extensively and with universal admiration in Naples, in various cities of the Abruzzi, in Ancona, in Romagna, and finally at Campi Salentina, where he was Superior, a model of the religious house. His plain and simple preaching, sometimes accompanied by miracles, exercised great fascination among the people. He was a great propagator of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He was beatified by Leo XIII in 1890 and canonized by Pius XI in 1934. Feast on 15 July.

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BIBL.: F. Rolletta, Vita del beato P., Rome 1890; M. Monti, Vita del beato P., ibid. 1890; A. Clemente, Vida del B. P., Barcelona 1913; F. Grillo and G. Tasca, Vita di s. P., Novara 1934; L. Picanyol, Lettere scelte di s. P., Rome 1934.

Leodegario Picanyol

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