Saint of the Day 02/April

Saint of the Day (April 02) ✠ St. Francis of Paola ✠ Born: March 27, 1416, Paola, Italy Died: April 2, 1507, Castle of Plessis-lez-Tours, La Riche Patronage: patron saint of Calabria; Amato; La Chorrera, Panama; boatmen, mariners, and naval officers Feast: 2 April Canonized: 1 May 1519 by Pope Leo X Beatified: 1 November 1518 Parents: Vienna da Fuscaldo, Giacomo d'Alessio Symbols : • Man with the word "charitas" levitated above a crowd • Man holding a skull and scourge • Man sailing on his cloak • Green rose A.D. 1508. This saint was born about the year 1416, at Paula, a small city near the Tyrrhenian sea, in Calabria, the midway from Naples to Reggio. His parents were very poor, but industrious, and happy in their condition, making the will and love of God the sole object of all their desires and endeavours. Their whole conduct was, as it were, one straight line directed to...