St. Lawrence of Brindisi - Diplomat, Peacemaker and Theologian - a podcast by Ave Maria Hour Radio Show

Rebroadcast of the long-running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour," a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.org


St. Lawrence was born on July 22, 1559, in the town of Brindisi, Italy. When he was just 16, he entered the Capuchin Franciscan Order in Venice. He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Padua and was ordained a priest at 23.


St. Lawrence was elected major superior of the Capuchin Franciscan province of Tuscany at the age of 31 and was responsible for great growth and expansion of the Order. Famous for his oratory skills and diplomacy, St. Lawrence was appointed papal emissary and peacemaker, a job which took him to a number of foreign countries.


St. Lawrence of Brindisi died on his sixtieth birthday, July 22, 1619. He was canonized in 1881 by Pope Leo XIII and was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope John XXIII in 1959. His Feast Day is July 21.

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