Wednesday, February 8, 2012

St. Jerome Emiliani


1. His conversion story sounds a lot like St. Ignatius of Loyola's...military leader, imprisoned, didn't need Christ, then had a conversion and allowed Christ to enter his life, thereby leaving behind his worldliness.

2. He had a small stint as the mayor of Treviso before returning home to Venice to enter the priesthood.

3.  He devoted the rest of his life to helping the poor and orphaned that had been devastated by famine and plague left over from the war until he succumbed to the illness himself.

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