From satanist to saint: Meet Bartolo Longo, who gave world the shrine of Our Lady in Pompeii

From satanist to saint: Meet Bartolo Longo, who gave world the shrine of Our Lady in Pompeii

WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — When pilgrims gather in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 19 to witness the canonization of Blessed Bartolo Longo, along with six other blesseds, they will see not just the elevation of a new saint, but a story of a radical conversion. Longo was a lawyer once drawn into the darkness of satanism who became one of the most luminous lay apostles of the modern church. Born in Latiano, Italy, in 1841, Longo seemed destined for wo…

From satanist to saint: Meet Bartolo Longo, who gave world the shrine of Our Lady in Pompeii - The Leaven Catholic Newspaper

When pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 19 to witness the canonization of Blessed Bartolo Longo, along with six other blesseds, they will see not just the elevation of a new saint, but a story of a radical conversion. The post From satanist to saint: Meet Bartolo Longo, who gave world the shrine of Our Lady in Pompeii appeared first on The Leaven Catholic Newspaper.