Giuseppe Oddi

Blessed
Giuseppe Oddi
O.F.M. Cap.
Religious
Born(1839-06-06)6 June 1839
Vallinfreda, Rome, Papal States
Died3 June 1919(1919-06-03) (aged 79)
Bellegra, Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified3 October 1999, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast3 June
AttributesCapuchin habit

Giuseppe Oddi (6 June 1839 - 3 June 1919) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious - though not a priest - of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He felt drawn to religious life after his adolescence and was resolved to become a Franciscan upon seeing the example that Mariano da Roccacasale set. Upon his profession of vows he assumed the religious name of "Diego da Vallinfreda". Oddi was beatified - alongside Mariano da Roccacasale - when Pope John Paul II presided over the late Franciscans' beatification on 3 October 1999.