St. Bernardino Realino
1530 - 1616
St. Bernardino Realino was born into a noble family of Capri, Italy in 1530. After receiving a thorough and devout Christian education at the hands of his mother, he went on to study medicine at the University of Bologna, but after three years he switched to law and received his doctorate in 1563. Word of his learning, dedication, and legal brilliance spread rapidly, and in 1554 he was summoned to Naples to assume the position of auditor and lieutenant general.
Shortly afterward, his exemplary young man came to the realization that he had a religious vocation and, aided by our Lady's appearance to him, joined the Society of Jesus, being ordained in 1567. For three years he labored unstintingly at Naples, devoting himself wholeheartedly to the service of the poor and the youth, and then he was sent to Lecce where he remained for the last forty-two years of his life.
St. Bernardino won widespread recognition as a result of his ceaseless apostolic labors. He was a model confessor, a powerful preacher, a diligent teacher of the Faith to the young, a dedicated shepherd of souls, as well as Rector of the Jesuit college in Lecce and Superior of the Community there. His charity to the poor and the sick knew no bounds and his kindness brought about the end of vendettas and public scandals that cropped up from time to time.
So greatly was this saint loved and appreciated by his people that in 1616, as he lay on his death bed the city's magistrates formally requested that he should take the city under his protection. Unable to speak, St. Bernardino bowed his head. He died with the names of Jesus and Mary on his lips. His feast day is July 2nd.
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St. Bernardino Realino, Thak you for your intercession; please continue to pray for me.
St. Bernardino Realino, please intercede and pray for me and the many others here seeking help in this unsettling times, loss of work & feelng such anxiety in this loss. I have been out of work so long. Thank you. Angels & Saints pray for us.
Dear Bernardino Realino, please pray for Jacob that he finds the right path and for his parents that they find the strenght and wisdom to guide him. Thank you.
St. Bernardino Realino, please intercede and pray for me and the many others here seeking help in this unsettling times, lossof work & feelng such anxiety in this loss. Thank you. Angels & Saints pray for us.
Dear St. Bernardino,
Please pray for us to discern the will of God, and live accordingly!
Interesting, brief and to the point!
Presently our parish Holy Trinity Catholic church in Bedford Heights, Ohio will close November 14, 2009. Clustered with three other parishes the new church will open with mass the following sunday November 15 3009. I am looking toward offering the name of St. Bernardino Realino for the newly named parish consolidating in our designated cluster. This transition has become difficult and there is a negative force within this transition cycle. St. B.R. seems to be able the one in my mind who can brings things to a controlled setting and bring peace to all the families in our designate cluster. It is not the name that is important but what we as christians do for one another giving glory and honor to God.