October 9
Juan Leonardi (1541–1609)
Priest
Practical advice
In a spirit of service, pray for the Pope, the bishops and the priests and start again with humility if it does not go well for you.
Biography
While a priest in Tuscany, he founded a community of clerics in his city to catechize young people and adults, called "The Clerics of the Mother of God." He was forced to settle in Rome, where, with Juan Bautista Vives, he laid the foundations of the Seminary for the Propagation of the Faith. Because of his charity, he died a victim of the plague.
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