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ST. LAWRENCE JUSTINIAN

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Bishop and first Patriarch of Venice, b. in 1381, and d. 8 January, 1456. He was
a descendant of the Giustiniani, a Venetian patrician family which numbered
several saints among its members. Lawrence's pious mother sowed the seeds of a
devout religious life in the boy's youth. In 1400 when he was about nineteen
years old, he entered the monastery of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine on
the Island of Alga near Venice. In spite of his youth he excited admiration by
his poverty, mortifications, and fervour in prayer. At that time the convent was
changed into a congregation of secular canons living in community. After his
ordination in 1406 Lawrence was chosen prior of the community, and shortly after
that general of the congregation. He gave them their constitution, and was so
zealous in spreading the same that he was looked upon as the founder. His
reputation for saintliness as well as his zeal for souls attracted the notice of
Eugene IV and on 12 May, 1433, he was raised to the Bishopric of Castello. The
new prelate restored churches, established new parishes in Venice, aided the
foundation of convents, and reformed the life of the canons. But above all he
was noted for his Christian charity and his unbounded liberality. All the money
he could raise he bestowed upon the poor, while he himself led a life of
simplicity and poverty. He was greatly respected both in Italy and elsewhere by
the dignitaries of both Church and State. He tried to foster the religious life
by his sermons as well as by his writings. The Diocese of Castello belonged to
the Patriarchate of Grado. On 8 October, 1451, Nicholas V united the See of
Castello with the Patriarchate of Grado, and the see of the patriarch was
transferred to Venice, and Lawrence was named the first Patriarch of Venice, and
exercised his office till his death somewhat more than four years later. His
beatification was ratified by Clement VII in 1524, and he was canonized in 1690
by Alexander VIII. Innocent XII appointed 5 September for the celebration of his
feast. The saint's ascetical writings have often been published, first in
Brescia in 1506, later in Paris in 1524, and in Basle in 1560, etc. We are
indebted to his nephew, Bernardo Giustiniani, for his biography.


SOURCES

BERNARDUS JUSTINIANUS, Opusculum de vita beati Laurentii Justiniani (Venice,
1574); SURIUS, De vitis sanctorum, ed. 1618, I, 126-35; Acta SS., January, I,
551-63; Bibliotheca hagiographica latina, ed. BOLLANDISTS, II, 1708; Bullarium
Romanum, ed. TAURIN., V, 107 sqq.; EUBEL, Hierarchia catholica medii aevi, II,
134-290; ROSA, Summorum Pontificum, illustrium virorum . . . de b. Laurentii
Justiniani vita, sanctitate ac miraculis testimoniorum centuria (Venice, 1614);
BUTLER, Lives of the Saints, III (Baltimore, 1844), 416-422; REGAZZI, Note
storiche edite ed inedite di S. Lorenzo Giustiniani (Venice, 1856); CUCITO, S.
Lorenzo Giustiniani, primo patriarca di Venezia (Venice, 1895).


ABOUT THIS PAGE

APA citation. Kirsch, J.P. (1910). St. Lawrence Justinian. In The Catholic
Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09091a.htm

MLA citation. Kirsch, Johann Peter. "St. Lawrence Justinian." The Catholic
Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910.
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09091a.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Herman F.
Holbrook. O Saint Lawrence, and all ye holy Pastors, pray for us.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. October 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, Censor.
Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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