(1778-1820) First superior of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) in the United States, born Demonte, Italy; died Saint Louis, Missouri. He accompanied Bishop Dubourg to Saint Louis, 1818, where the congregation had its first establishment, and died soon after exhausted by missionary labors. The process for his beatification was authorized by Benedict XV, 1918.
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