St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria - San Diego, CA
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The statue of St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria is located in the courtyard behind the Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Hall in San diego's Little Italy neighborhood.
Waymark Code: WM10E9H
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2019
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The life-size statue shows the saint holding in his right hand a wreath of flowers and a book open outward in his left hand.
The plaque on the base reads: St. Anthony M. Zaccaria, C.R.S.P. Founder of the Barnabite Fathers, Angelic Sisters and Laity of St. Paul. 1502 - 1539
Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502 – 5 July 1539) was an early leader of the Counter Reformation.
Anthony was born in the city of Cremona, Italy, in 1502. He studied philosophy at the University of Pavia, and, from 1520, medicine at the University of Padua. After completing studies in 1524, he practised as a physician in Cremona for three years. In 1527, he started studying for the priesthood, and was ordained in February 1529.
In Milan he became a member of the Oratory of Eternal Wisdom and he laid the foundations of three religious orders: one for men (the Clerics Regular of St Paul, commonly known as the Barnabites); a female branch of uncloistered nuns, the Angelic Sisters of St. Paul; and a lay congregation for married people, the Laity of St. Paul, originally called the Married of St. Paul, and sometimes referred to in North America as the Oblates of St. Paul. The three foundations met regularly and engaged together in various forms of apostolic action. Their aim was the reform of the decadent society of their day, beginning with the clergy and religious.
On a mission to Guastalla, Italy, in 1539, he caught a fever. His health deteriorated and he died on 5 July 1539, at the age of 36. He was buried in the convent of the Angelics of St Paul, the female branch of the Barnabites, in Milan.
After his death, a number of healings were attributed to the intercession of Anthony Mary Zaccaria. 27 years after his death, his body was found to be incorrupt. His mortal remains are now enshrined at the Church of St. Barnabas in Milan, Italy.
He was canonized by Pope Leo XIII on 27 May 1897. His feast day is celebrated on 5 July. He is a patron saint of physicians.
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