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Saint — Ignatius of Laconi, OFM Cap.

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St. Ignatius of Laconi, OFM Cap.
December 17, 1701 AD, Laconi, Sardinia (Kingdom of Sardinia) — May 11, 1781 AD, Cagliari, Sardinia
Sardinian Capuchin lay-brother; Sardinian Catholic tradition
Church of Sant'Antonio, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy — his shrine, Italy
Feast
May 11
Canonized
Canonized October 21, 1951 by Pope Pius XII
Life

Ignatius (Sardinian Ignazio, baptismal name Francesco Ignazio Vincenzo Peis) was born on December 17, 1701 at Laconi in Sardinia. At the age of 20, Ignatius entered the Capuchin Order at Cagliari as a lay-brother.

For 60 years (1721–1781), Ignatius served as Capuchin lay-brother at Cagliari — undertaking the vocation of the alms-collector, walking the streets of Cagliari daily begging for alms for the Capuchin convent and distributing food to the Cagliari poor.

Ignatius became famous during his lifetime for his hidden-humility Capuchin vocation and his reported miracles. He died at Cagliari on May 11, 1781 at the age of 79.

Canonized October 21, 1951 by Pope Pius XII — the Sardinian Catholic national-saint canonization.

Miracles & Phenomena

  • The Sardinian patron saint

    St. Ignatius of Laconi's 60-year Capuchin lay-brother ministry at Cagliari (1721–1781) — established him as the patron of Sardinia. The Ignatius tradition underpins the continuing Sardinian Catholic identity.

Relics
  • Body
    Relics of St. Ignatius of Laconi
    Church of Sant'Antonio, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy — shrine

    His relics rest at the Church of Sant'Antonio at Cagliari — Sardinian Catholic pilgrim destination.

Iconography
  • Ignatius of Laconi with the alms-bag

    The 18th-century Sardinian Capuchin in brown Capuchin habit walking the Cagliari streets with the alms-bag — the iconography of Catholic Sardinian Capuchin lay-brother tradition.

Patronages
Sardinia (patron of Sardinia)Order of Friars Minor CapuchinCatholic Capuchin lay-brother tradition
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