Luigi Guanella, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luigi Guanella

Servant of Charity

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1842

Place of Birth: Campodolcino, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 24-Oct-1915

Profession: Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Saint Luigi Guanella (19 December 1842 – 24 October 1915) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest Fr.
Guanella was ordained a priest on May 26, 1866 in Como, and was assigned to a small parish in Savogno.
and is the founder of several religious institutes: the Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence (1890) and the Servants of Charity (24 March 1908) alongside his friends David Albertario and Giuseppe Toniolo.
Guanella also founded the Pious Union of Saint Joseph (1914) with his supporter and first member Pope Pius X.
These religious communities focused on the relief of the poor throughout the world.
The Servants of Charity motto reads "In Omnibus Charitas" ("In all things Love") which became the cornerstone for Guanella's own life. His older sister was the Servant of God Caterina Guanella (25 March 1841 - 13 June 1891). Guanella received beatification on 25 October 1964 from Pope Paul VI and was canonized as saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 23 October 2011 in a celebration that Pope Benedict XVI celebrated in Saint Peter's Square.