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𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓
Vincent Strambi was the son of a druggist, and was born on January 1 at Civitavecchia, Italy. He resisted his parents’ wish that he become a diocesan priest, and though he studied at the diocesan seminary and was ordained in 1767, he joined the Passionists in 1768 after attending a retreat given by St. Paul of the Cross. Vincent became a professor of theology, was made provincial in 1781, and in 1801, was appointed bishop of Macera and Tolentino. He was expelled from his See when he refused to take an oath of alliance to Napoleon in 1808, but returned in 1813 with the downfall of Napoleon. When Napoleon escaped from Elba, Murat made Macerta his headquarters, and when his troops were defeated by the Austrians, Vincent dissuaded him from sacking and destroying the town. He imposed reform in his See that caused threats to his life, labored for his people during a typhus epidemic, and resigned his See on the death of Pope Pius VII to become one of the advisers of his old friend Pope Leo XII in Rome.
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𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯-𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩’𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘺 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦.
𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.
