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Saint Francis Mary Croese, O.F.M. Cap., (1804 - 1866) was a Capuchin lay brother from the town of Camporosso, in the Liguria region of modern Italy. He was beatified by Pope Pius XI on June 30, 1929 and canonized by Pope John XXIII on December 9, 1962. Saint Francis' feast day is celebrated on September 19. ==Biography== Francis was born to Anselmo Croese and his wife Maria Antonia Garza in the village of Camporosso, today belonging to the Province of Imperia in the Ligurian region of northwestern Italy. As a youth, he helped his father in the farmwork. In 1825 he entered the novitiate of the Capuchin friary of Saint Barnabas in the hills of Genoa. After the novitiate year, he was sent to the friary of the Immaculate Conception, close to the center of Genoa and to the port area. There he was appointed as the ''quaestor'' (alms collector of the city) for the community, devoting his life to collecting donations for the support of the friars and their charitable works. He was to spend the next 40 years of his life at this task. As he used to say, he was more blessed in giving than in receiving, providing help and comfort to everybody in need by disseminating mercy and examples of virtue amongst the workers and the poor people of the port. During an epidemic of cholera in 1866 he gave his help to the victims of the plague. He contracted cholera and died on September 17 of that year. The Genoese people call him ''Padre Santo'', that is to say, the "Holy Father". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Mary of Camporosso」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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