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The Venerable Giacomo Abbondo (27 August 1720 – 9 February 1788) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who hailed from Vercelli. Pope Francis proclaimed him to be Venerable in 2014 and approved a miracle needed for his beatification in 2015. The date for his beatification has not been scheduled. ==Life== Giacomo Abbondo was born in Vercelli on 27 August 1720 as the second of six children to Carlo Benedetto Abbondo and Francesca Maria Naya. He felt called religious life and so decided to join the priesthood; he commenced his theological studies in Vercelli where he was ordained as such on 21 March 1744. He obtained a degree in literature on 31 October 1748 in Turin and was assigned to teach in Vercelli. In 1757 he left teaching to remain as a simple parish priest. He tried to help his parishioners to discover the goodness of God and the chance to praise and know Him. He believed that this was of greater importance since the previous pastor was a known Jansenist. He was devoted to the sacraments and was a renowned for being a good preacher. He loved the children and insisted that he be the one who admitted the Eucharist to them when the children were ten. He viewed his mission as a priest as a service that had to be available to all people. Abbondo would visit his parishioners in their homes when he had the chance in his role as the head of thirteen churches but also did this in order to maintain fruitful relationships and connections with the people. He died in 1788 with a deep reputation for holiness and well known across the area for the pious life that he led. His remains were later transferred in 1922.〔 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「Giacomo Abbondo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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