Optional Memorial
Saint Jerome Emiliani
- Feast day
- February 08
- Patron of
- orphans and abandoned children
- Origin
- Italian
Life
Jerome Emiliani was a Venetian nobleman who, after a conversion experience while imprisoned, devoted his life to caring for orphans, the sick, and the poor. He founded the Somaschi Fathers.
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