Mariano da Roccacasale
Mariano da Roccacasale | |
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| Religious | |
| Born | 13 January 1778 Roccacasale, L'Aquila, Papal States |
| Died | 31 May 1866 (aged 88) Bellegra, Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 3 October 1999, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 31 May |
| Attributes | Franciscan habit |
Mariano da Roccacasale (13 January 1778 – 31 May 1866) - born Domenico di Nicolantonio - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor. He was of peasant stock and entered the order in his twenties as a professed religious rather than as an ordained priest. He was an influence in the decision of Giuseppe Oddi joining the Franciscans after their 1863 encounter. He became titled as a Servant of God under Pope Leo XIII on 12 December 1895 with the commencement of the canonization cause. He received the title Venerable in 1923 under Pope Pius XI; Roccacasale was beatified - alongside Oddi - when Pope John Paul II presided over the late Franciscans' beatification on 3 October 1999.