Oct 05

Blessed Bartholomew Longo

October 5th XX century

In Pompeii, near Naples, in Italy, blessed Bartholomew Longo, who, man of law, concerned with the cult of Mary and the Christian training of farmers and children, founded the sanctuary of del Rosario in Pompei Valley, and also a congregation of sisters with the same title, with the property that, generously gave his pious wife. Roman martyrology