Pio Alberto del Corona
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Blessed Pio Alberto del Corona O.P. |
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| Titular Archbishop of Serdica | |
c. 1900
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 30 August 1907 |
| Term ended | 15 August 1912 |
| Predecessor | Paolo de Sanctis |
| Successor | Antonio Augusto Intreccialagi |
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| Ordination | 5 February 1860 |
| Consecration | 3 January 1875 by Costantino Patrizi Naro |
| Rank | Archbishop |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Alberto del Corona |
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5 July 1837 Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
| Died | 15 August 1912 (aged 75) Florence, Kingdom of Italy |
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| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 19 September |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 19 September 2015 San Miniato, Italy by Cardinal Angelo Amato |
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| Patronage | Dominican Sisters of the Holy Spirit |
Blessed Pio Alberto del Corona (5 July 1837 – 15 August 1912) - born Alberto del Corona and in religious Pio - was a Roman Catholic Italian prelate and the founder of the Suore Domenicane dello Spirito Santo. He served as the Bishop of San Miniato from 1897 until his resignation one decade later. The bishop served as a humble pastor though reluctant as he was to accept his episcopal appointment while even protesting against an idea to elevate him into the cardinalate. He exercised his duties until his serious ill health forced him to resign from his see though was given a ceremonial position since Pope Pius X did not wish to relieve him of all his episcopal duties and functions.
He was cleared for beatification in late 2014 after a miracle was found to have been attributed to his intercession. His beatification took place on 19 September 2015 in San Miniato; Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the celebration on the behalf of Pope Francis.
Alberto del Corona was born on 5 July 1837 to Giuseppe del Corona and Ester Bucalossi (d. 1839) as their fourth and final child; his parents served as humble footwear retailers. He was baptized on 8 July in the Siena cathedral in the names of "Alberto Francesco Filomeno". One sibling was his sister Teresa. His parents often called him "Albertino" as an affectionate name.
He felt a deep religious calling while he was a child and informed his parents of his decision to respond to this vocation in 1854. It is known that he spent some time of his childhood in Tremoleto and that he studied under the Barnabites at the Collegio di San Sebastiano. He made his First Communion on 16 April 1851 in a Barnabite church.
He first entered a convent of the Order of Preachers on 4 December 1854 after pleading with his father to do so and he received his habit at 4:00pm on 1 February 1855 after the Vespers recitation; he became a professed member of that order on 3 November 1859. He was later ordained to the priesthood on 5 February 1860 in the church of Saint Mark and he assumed the religious name of "Pio"; he celebrated his first Mass on the following 12 February.
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