Holy Father Pope Francis has added an Italian teenager to the list of people he will formally recognize as saints on October 14 during the month-long meeting of the world synod of bishops on young people. During an ordinary public consistory on July 19, Holy Father Pope Francis announced that he would declare Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio a saint the same day he will canonize Blesseds Oscar Romero, Paul VI and four others. An ordinary public consistory is a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process.
Sulprizio was born on April 13, 1817, in the Abruzzo region near Pescara. Both of his parents died when he was an infant and his maternal grandmother, who raised him, died when he was nine. An uncle took him under his guardianship and had the young boy work for him in his blacksmith shop. However, the work was too strenuous for a boy his age and he developed a problem in his leg, which became gangrenous. A military colonel took care of Sulprizio, who was eventually hospitalised in Naples. The young teen faced tremendous pain with patience and serenity and offered up his sufferings to God. He died in Naples in 1836 aged 19. He was declared blessed in 1963 by Blessed Paul VI, who will be canonized together with the teenager.
The October 14 date for the canonizations had already been announced during an ordinary public consistory in mid-May.
Source: www.mattersindia.com
