SAINT LEOPOLD MANDIe OF HERZEGOVINA
S. Leopoldus Mandic de Castronovo
0512 Pastors Memorial
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Saint Leopold was born on 12th May 1866 at Herzegovina, near the Gulf of Kotor, in what was then Yugoslavia. He received the Capuchin habit at Bassano on 2nd May 1884 and was ordained priest on 20th September 1890 in Venice. He ardently desired to return to his own country to obey the call of God, clearly perceived since 1887, to promote the unity of the Church. But his superiors assigned him to the ministry of hearing Confessions in the region of Venice, at first in different places, then at Padua in the Capuchin friary of the Holy Cross. Confined in a narrow confessional box, he was on duty all day, seeing to the faithful who sought reconciliation with God, treating each one as his Oriental mission-field. He died at Padua on 30thJune 1942. On 2nd May 1976 Paul VI beatified him and he was canonized on 15th October 1983 by Pope John Paul II.