JANUARY 30: A DEVOTEE OF THE SHROUD OF TURIN
Blessed Sebastiano Valfre
Priest
Died: 1711
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He was an Italian Oratorian priest. He used his connections with noble bloods who took him as their confessor to improve charity to widows and orphans, and to procure the funding for the Basilica of Superga. He supported catechists and taught catechism himself. He had a profound devotion to the Shroud of Turin which is the cloth supposedly used to wrap the body of Jesus. He supervised repairs to it in 1695.
Blessed Sebastiano Valfre
Priest
Died: 1711
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He was an Italian Oratorian priest. He used his connections with noble bloods who took him as their confessor to improve charity to widows and orphans, and to procure the funding for the Basilica of Superga. He supported catechists and taught catechism himself. He had a profound devotion to the Shroud of Turin which is the cloth supposedly used to wrap the body of Jesus. He supervised repairs to it in 1695.