Saint Lawrence of Brindisi (July 22, 1559, Brindisi, Puglia - July 22, 1619), born "Giulio Cesare Russo", was a Roman Catholic friar, a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was beatified in 1783 by Pope Pius VI, canonized in 1881 by Pope Leo XIII, and declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope John XXIII in 1959. His feast day is July 21. Julio was born in Brindisi, Kingdom of Naples, to a family of Venetian merchants. Wikipedia
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