Marcantonio Durando
Marcantonio Durando | |
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| Priest | |
| Born | 22 May 1801 Mondovì, Cuneo, Kingdom of Sardinia |
| Died | 10 December 1880 (aged 79) Turin, Kingdom of Italy |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 20 October 2002, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 10 December |
| Attributes | Priest's cassock |
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Marcantonio (Mark Anthony) Durando (22 May 1801 - 10 December 1880) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Congregation of the Mission in an effort to follow the teachings of Vincent de Paul - an ardent focus of his life and pastoral career. Durano was also the founder of the Daughters of the Passion of Jesus the Nazorean (1865) - or Nazarene Sisters - and founded that order with the assistance of Luigia Borgiotti (1802-1873).
Durando was made a Servant of God on 23 March 1941 under Pope Pius XII once the beatification process started and Pope John Paul II both declared him as Venerable on 1 July 2000 and beatified him on 20 October 2002.