- Ludovico Sabbatini
Venerable Ludovico Sabbatini (30 August 1650 ,Naples , Italy;11 June 1724 , Naples) was an Italianpriest and religiouseducator , who was beatified by theCatholic Church in 1765. He is venerated on11 June , the day of his death.Born to a deeply religious family (one of his sisters was a nun, and three other brothers were priests), at a very young age Sabbatini dedicated himself to a religious life. He involved himself with the "
Congregazione dei Pii Operai " (Congregation of Pious Workers), teaching religion to the children of the poor and manual laborers of Naples and helping performmass at theChiesa de San Nicola alla Caritá . In this church he was in charge of the so-called "Congregazione dei Figlioli" (Congregation of Sons).He was ordained a priest at age 24 and soon began to teach at the religious academies of San Giorgio Maggiore and Santa Maria ai Monte. In 1684 he founded a
monastery near theSantissima Annunziata hospital, for wayward young women who wished to takereligious order s.In 1687, Father Sabbatini moved to
Rome in order to promote the Congregation of Pious Workers in thePapal States . From that point, Sabbatini involved himself in many benevolent activities with the poor and ill inhospital s andprison s, as well as aidingJew s. Some miraculous cures where attributed to him. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2279/is_n148/ai_17474753/pg_6] . He was widely admired for his goodness. Nevertheless, he continued working as a teacher, at theCollegio dei Catecumini , where he founded an academy ofdogma andexegesis .Returning to Naples in 1699, he was elected general provost ("Preposito Generale") of the Congregazione. For 25 years, he also directed the
Congregazione dei Dottori e Cavalieri at San Giorgio Maggiore.External links
* [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/91312 Venerabile Ludovico Sabbatini] . Santi e Beati (In Italian)
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