St. Lawrence of Brindisi

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Feastday: July 21
Patron of Brindisi
1559 - 1619

Caesare de Rossi was born at Brandisi, kingdom of Naples, on July 22nd. He was educated by the conventual Franciscans there and by his uncle at St. Mark's in Venice. When sixteen, he joined the Capuchins at Verona, taking the name Lawrence. He pursued his higher studies in theology, philosophy, the bible, Greek, Hebrew, and several other languages at the University of Padua. He was ordained and began to preach with great effect in Northern Italy. He became definitor general of his Order in Rome in 1596, a position he was to hold five times, was assigned to conversion work with Jews, and was sent to Germany, with Blessed Benedict of Urbino, to combat Lutheranism. They founded friaries at Prague, Vienna, and Gorizia, which were to develop into the provinces of Bohemia, Austria, and Styria. At the request of Emperor Rudolf II, Lawrence helped raise an army among the German rulers to fight against the Turks, who were threatening to conquer all of Hungary, became its chaplain, and was among the leaders in the Battle of Szekesfehevar in 1601; many attributed the ensuing victory to him. In 1602, he was elected Vicar General of the Capuchins but refused re-election in 1605. He was sent to Spain by the emperor to persuade Philip III to join the Catholic League, and while there, founded a Capuchin house in Madrid. He was then sent as papal nuncio to the court of Maximillian of Bavaria, served as peacemaker in several royal disputes, and in 1618, retired from worldly affairs to the friary at Caserta. He was recalled at the request of the rulers of Naples to go to Spain to intercede with King Philip for them against the Duke of Osuna, Spanish envoy to naples and convinced the King to recall the Duke to avert an uprising. The trip in the sweltering heat of summer exhausted him, and he died a few days after his meeting with the King at Lisbon on July 22nd. Lawrence wrote a commentary on Genesis and several treatises against Luther, but Lawrence's main writings are in the nine volumes of his sermons. He was canonized in 1881 and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope John XXIII in 1959. His feast day is July 21st.

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Joseph Mathew
9 months ago
St. Lawnence of Brindisi, please pray for me.
chet bas
9 months ago
happy feast day St. Lawrence of Brindisi. thank you for helping me and my mom with our back problems
raoul
9 months ago
Lawrence of Brindisi should be the patron saint of all those tasked by governments and private groups, with genuine dedication to peace and prosperity, to mediate and seek a lasting solution to armed or potentially armed conflicts, internal and external, everywhere and anywhere.
christie
9 months ago
St. Lawrence of Brindisi, brave and untiring soldier of Christ, I love your story, A life lived for Christ. Brave against the Ottoman empire, brave against Lutheranism. Tireless writer, what a fulfilling life. I would like to emulate your illustrious life that was lived for the Master, by doing what God has designed for me. Help me with your prayers and intercessions. Grant me great graces to discern how I should be and do what I should do, in Jesus name. Amen.
Fr. John Larson, MIC
1 year ago
The works of St. Lawrence of Brindisi have been translated into English, and most of them were published in a 12 volume set of his sermons and homilies. The complete Mariale is volume 1. However, only 300 copies of the set were printed. Therefore, it is difficult to find copies of the text in English. Franciscan University of Steubenville and St. Bonaventure University in New York have the set, as do many Capuchin houses.
George Massart
1 year ago
I would like to know about St. Lawrence of Brindisi comments or comentaries on the Moslems whom he fought in the early 17th Century. Where I can find references and/or readings about his opposition to the Moslems. George M.
titus
1 year ago
st.Lawrence of brindisi who appealed the philosophy of love of god to human, that he sent his only son to earth,to be the redeemer for us.pray for all the men who were suffering from various problems within their soul, the men who feel for their sins,the men who were thirst of reconcillation.Please pray for us to start our mission for god, with your spritual guidance and with love of god .
J Christian
4 years ago
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi pray for us all; pray tell us in thy name, Lawrence, taken of that good Roman who griddled went fried, flying steadfast to Heaven in painless Christian ecstasy; pray tell us, doctor us, heal us in thy words of flowing Word, Shalom, Saalam, Peace, Pax, Pace, Pacem, Freude, Irene, Paix, Mir, Shantih, Tai; pray in emeraldic tones, with sapphiric wisdoms, in ruby rays of Lamb-lit fiery truths aflame and brilliant sones of diamond facet adamantine validity thy healing doctor's logics bring, bundled to express such overflowing delights of new Jerusalem as Yahweh may let to lately to fall to us on errant darkling Earth caught down in her chewy cud of crawling, lying, slimy political insecta stampfest infestations; pray say Hallow to Saint Philip Neri and Mary and Jesus, smiling in their best mirths, laughing at this us all, happy with that our All, for Ever, Amen

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