Filippo Smaldone

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name=Filippo Smaldone
birth_date=birth date|1848|7|27|df=y
death_date=death date and age|1923|6|4|1848|7|27|df=y
feast_day=4 June
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church


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caption=San Filippo Smaldone
birth_place=Naples, Italy
death_place=Lecce, Italy
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beatified_date=8 May 1996
beatified_place=Vatican
beatified_by=John Paul II
canonized_date=October 15, 2006
canonized_place=Vatican
canonized_by=Pope Benedict XVI
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Saint Filippo Smaldone (July 27, 1848 - June 4, 1923) is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He founded the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Hearts and is known for his work with the deaf. [ [http://www.zenit.org/english/ ZENIT] ]

Born in Naples, he was ordained a priest in 1871 and during his time in the seminary he began efforts to help the deaf of his native city. He also did work with the sick and nearly died of a plague. He credited his survival to Our Lady of Pompeii. In 1885 he founded an institution for the deaf at Lecce. He went on to work with the blind as well and also orphans before dying at 75 from diabetes related complications. [ [http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/bios96.htm#smaldone EWTN] ]

He was beatified in 1996 by Pope John Paul II and canonized on October 15, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.

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* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintf4z.htm Filippo Smaldone] at Catholic Forum
* [http://www.salesianmissions.org/aboutus/religiousfamilies.html Salesian Missions]