Bartolo Longo
Bartolo Longo | |
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Photograph of Blessed Bartolo Longo | |
| Apostle of the Rosary | |
| Born | February 10, 1841 Latiano, near Brindisi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
| Died | October 5, 1926 (aged 85) Pompei, Naples, Campania, Kingdom of Italy |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 26 October 1980, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Basilica of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Pompei, Pompei, Naples, Italy |
| Feast | October 5 |
| Attributes | Knight habit Rosary |
Bartolo Longo, TOSD (February 10, 1841 – October 5, 1926) was an Italian lawyer and former Satanic priest who returned to the Catholic faith and became a Dominican tertiary, dedicating his life to the Rosary and the Virgin Mary. He was eventually awarded a papal knighthood of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He was beatified in 1980.