Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
The Holy Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin (Italian S. Gabriele dell'Addolorata ) civil Francesco Possenti ( born March 1, 1838 in Assisi, † February 27, 1862 in Isola del Gran Sasso d' Italia ) entered by the sight of the image of Blessed Virgin Mary as a religious in the Order of Passionist a.
Life
Born in 1838 as a child of an important family, the young Francesco Possenti led a very loose life. In 1856 he changed because of tragedies that struck his family. After viewing a picture Marie, where he had a mystical experience, he took another 1856 as a religious man in a Passionist. He took the religious name Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin and studied philosophy and theology. His life and his piety were considered exemplary. In the convent of Isola at the Gran Sasso d' Italia Gabriel spent the last two and a half years of his life and died on February 27, 1862 from tuberculosis.
Gabriel was on 31 May 1908 by Pope Pius X beatified and on 13 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. canonized. His feast day in the liturgy is May 31 He is the patron saint of youth, especially the students of theology, worship.
Often, he is also known as Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother of God. He is regarded as a great Marian devotees.
St. Gabriel Possenti Society
In the U.S., the so-called " St. Gabriel Possenti Society "was founded. This association has set itself the task of making the Holy Gabriel Patron of firearms users. This effort is one based on a story from 1860 that time pulled the Italian liberation army in Isola del Gran Sasso d' Italia. ; Soldiers wanted to kidnap a young woman. Gabriel is said to have taken up arms and fired at a lizard two soldiers. The attacker would then apart from their intentions.
Relics
A relic of Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin ( Mother of God ) is preserved and venerated in the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Boniface in seltzer (Westerwald ) ( Germany ). The parish church of seltzer is not dedicated to Gabriel, but worships the St. Boniface as their patron.