Zaccarian April Dates

April 2

1859– Death of Fr. Agostino Šuvalov – Russian convert and apostle of ecumenism.

1872 – Death of Fr. Tommaso Manini – cofounder of the Daughters of Divine Providence.

April 4

1555 - Death of Angelic Paola Antonia Negri – the first to receive the habit of the Angelic Sisters.

April 8

1850 – Death of the Servant of God Fr. Fortunato Redolfi, founder of the Barnabite oratories, noted style of youth ministry.

April 10

1990 – Death of Fr. Salvatore De Ruggiero who was the first to promote the reading of the Founder’s Sermons, publishing them in an appendix to a biography of the Founder in 1933.

April 13

1546 – Death of Venerable Giacomo Antonio Morigia, cofounder of the Barnabites.

April 15

1536 – Venerable Fr. Giacomo Antonio Morigia elected first Barnabite Superior.

April 18

1662 – The Barnabites move their Curia from Milan to Rome.

April 19

1921 – Pope Benedict XV approved the Constitution of the Lega di San Paolo (League of St. Paul giving rebirth to the Zaccarian Third College.

April 22

1802 – Diocesan phase of the Cause for the Canonization of St. Anthony M. Zaccaria begun in Milan.

April 25

1810 Napoleon issued decree suppressing religious orders, including the Barnabites.