Paul of the Cross
Paul of the Cross, CP (Italian: San Paolo della Croce; born Paolo Francesco Danei; 3 January 1694 – 18 October 1775) was an Italian Catholic mystic, and founder of the Passionists.
Saint
Paul of the Cross
CP
Paolo Francesco Danei
3 January 1694
Ovada, Duchy of Savoy
18 October 1775 (aged 81)
Rome, Papal States
1 May 1853 by Pope Pius IX
29 June 1867 by Pope Pius IX
Basilica of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Rome, Italy
- 19 October
- 20 October (United States)
- April 28 (Pre-1969 Calendar)
Passionist Habit, Crucifix
Legacy[edit]
Paul of the Cross was beatified on 1 October 1852, and canonized on 29 June 1867[7] by Pope Pius IX. Two years later, his feast day was inserted in the Roman calendar, for celebration on 28 April as a Double. In 1962 it was reclassified as a Third-Class feast,[8] and in 1969 it became an optional Memorial and was placed on 19 October, the day after the day of his death, 18 October, which is the feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist.[9] His feast is celebrated in the United States on 20 October, as the US celebrates the feast of the North American Martyrs on 19 October.
San Paolo della Croce a Corviale is a titular church in Rome, dedicated to Paul of the Cross and built in 1983. There are also churches named for him in Porto Ercole, Casone and Manduria.[10]