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Saint — Angelo of Acri, OFM Cap.

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St. Angelo of Acri, OFM Cap.
October 19, 1669 AD, Acri, Kingdom of Naples — October 30, 1739 AD, Acri, Kingdom of Naples
Italian Capuchin; apostolic preacher of Calabria
Sanctuary of Sant'Angelo d'Acri, Acri, Calabria, Italy — his shrine, Italy
Feast
October 30
Canonized
Canonized October 15, 2017 by Pope Francis
Life

Angelo (Italian Angelo Falcone) was born on October 19, 1669 at Acri in Calabria. In 1690, at the age of 21, Angelo entered the Capuchin Order.

For 38 years (1701–1739), Angelo undertook the systematic Capuchin popular-mission preaching ministry across the Kingdom of Naples — conducting hundreds of popular missions across Calabria, Basilicata, and Campania.

Angelo became famous for his dramatic preaching style and reported miraculous conversions. He died at Acri on October 30, 1739 at the age of 70.

Canonized October 15, 2017 by Pope Francis.

Miracles & Phenomena

  • The Calabrian Capuchin popular-mission tradition

    St. Angelo of Acri's 38-year Capuchin popular-mission ministry across the Kingdom of Naples — established the southern Italian Capuchin popular-mission tradition of the 18th century.

Relics
  • Body
    Relics of St. Angelo of Acri
    Sanctuary of Sant'Angelo d'Acri, Acri, Calabria, Italy — shrine

    His relics rest at the Sanctuary of Sant'Angelo d'Acri in Acri, Calabria — Calabrian Catholic pilgrim destination.

Iconography
  • Angelo of Acri preaching

    The late-17th and early-18th-century Italian Capuchin in brown Capuchin habit preaching in a Calabrian village — the iconography of Catholic southern-Italian Capuchin popular-mission tradition.

Patronages
Order of Friars Minor CapuchinCalabria and the southern Italian Catholic traditionCatholic Capuchin popular-mission tradition
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