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Saint — Francis Anthony Fasani, OFM Conv.

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St. Francis Anthony Fasani, OFM Conv.
August 6, 1681 AD, Lucera, Kingdom of Naples — November 29, 1742 AD, Lucera
Italian Conventual Franciscan; apostle of Lucera
Church of San Francesco, Lucera, Puglia, Italy — his tomb, Italy
Feast
November 29
Canonized
Canonized April 13, 1986 by Pope St. John Paul II
Life

Francis Anthony (Italian Francesco Antonio) Fasani was born on August 6, 1681 at Lucera in Puglia. At the age of 15, Francis Antonio entered the Conventual Franciscan Order. Ordained priest in 1705, he spent the 37 years (1705–1742) at the Convent of San Francesco in his native Lucera.

Francis Anthony served as Provincial of the Conventual Franciscan Province of Sant'Angelo (1721–1723) and as Master of Novices — famous for his personal asceticism, Marian devotion, and pastoral care for the Lucerian poor.

He died at Lucera on November 29, 1742 at the age of 61. Canonized April 13, 1986 by Pope St. John Paul II.

Miracles & Phenomena

  • The Lucerian Marian tradition

    St. Francis Anthony Fasani's 37-year Conventual Franciscan ministry at Lucera (1705–1742) — established the Lucerian Catholic Marian tradition of the 18th century.

Relics
  • Body
    Tomb of St. Francis Anthony Fasani
    Church of San Francesco, Lucera, Puglia, Italy

    His tomb at the Church of San Francesco at Lucera in Puglia.

Iconography
  • Fasani at Marian prayer

    The late-17th and mid-18th-century Italian Conventual Franciscan in black Conventual Franciscan habit in Marian prayer — the iconography of Catholic southern-Italian Franciscan tradition.

Patronages
Order of Friars Minor ConventualLucera (Puglia) and the Foggian Catholic traditionCatholic Marian devotion tradition
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