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Spadafora, Domenico, Blessed

SPADAFORA, DOMENICO, BEATO

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SPADAFORA, Domenico, Blessed. - Dominican preacher, b. in Messina in 1450, d. at Montecerignone on 21 Dec. 1521.

For 8 years he preached in Sicily. He devoted himself to the reform of his Order like his master the blessed Pietro Geremia. He was a companion of the superior general Gioacchino Torriani and was charged by him with founding a convent of strict observance (1491) at Montecerignone (Duchy of Urbino), a mission that S. fulfilled with the erection of the church of S. Maria delle Grazie (1498) together with the convent. His cult was approved on 12 Jan. 1921. According to Quétif-Echard, S. wrote Sermones de tempore et de Sanctis.

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BIBL.: R. Diaccini, Vita del b. D. S., Foligno 1921; Quétif-Echard, II, p. 333.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1019.

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Silli, Antonino. “Spadafora, domenico, beato.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1019. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/spadafora-domenico-beato.

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Silli, Antonino. “Spadafora, domenico, beato.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1019. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/spadafora-domenico-beato.

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  author    = {Silli, Antonino},
  title     = {Spadafora, domenico, beato},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1019},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/spadafora-domenico-beato}
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