Camille Costa de Beauregard, a priest living in the 19th century from Sabaudia, became the first beatified during the pontificate of Pope Leon XIV. The priest was involved in the education of orphaned children.
Key facts:
- The beatification of Camille Costy de Beauregard was in question after the death of Pope Francis.
- His successor Leon XIV completed the necessary formalities and the ceremony took place as planned.
The beatification mass was celebrated on Saturday afternoon in the French city of Chambéry. According to Vatican News, the Archbishop of Celestino Migliore, the Apostolic Nuncio at her France.
Archbishop of Chambéry, Thibault Verny, said during the mass that the holiness of Camille Costa de Beauregard was not the fruit of superhuman efforts, but the daily loyalty of the Gospel. “Camille shows us that holiness is available to everyone, that it consists in allowing God to act in us and through us,” he said.
Earlier, Verny's Archbishop, quoted by Vatican News, estimated that Camille Costa de Beauregard “is a model of action against human suffering.”
The beatification was in question
The faithful from the three dioceses of Sabaudia – Chambéry, Maurienne and Tarentaise – took a pilgrimage to Rome in April in the footsteps of the clergyman. As Archbishop Verny said, Camille Costa de Beauregard studied at the French seminar in the capital Italian And he was ordained in the Basilica of Saint John in Lateran.
During this trip, death was announced Pope Franciswhich put the beatification in question. However, the new Pope Leon XIV confirmed the possibility of carrying it out. Approved the decree of March 14 last year.
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Camille Costa de Beauregard helped orphaned children
Camille Costa de Beauregard, who was born in 1841 in Chambéry. He abandoned his diplomatic career in the service of the Holy See and returned to his hometown, where he became a vicar of the cathedral.
In August 1867, two months after his return, Chambéry hit the cholera epidemic. Camille Costa de Beauregard founded Bocage – a place where he took orphaned children and taught them to work on the land. He managed him until his death at the age of 69 in 1910. Bocage works to this day. Salesian priests will be placed.
Verny's Archbishop said that “new blessed is a model of holiness for our times.” As he said, “he was not happy in school times, which is why he understands the youth who suffers today.”
According to Vatican News, the beatification of Bishop Eduard Profittlich in Saturday was also to take place Estoniahowever, she was postponed for logistics.
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Source: Vatican News
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