Famous as a Preacher, Inquisitor, trained Lawyer | Earned himself the nickname ‘the Soldier Saint"

Saint of the Day - 23 October - St John Capistrano OFM (1386-1456) Priest and Friar of the Friars Minor, Confessor and Preacher. Famous as a Preacher, Theologian and Inquisitor, trained Lawyer, he earned himself the nickname ‘the Soldier Saint’ when, in 1456 at age 70 he led a Crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Belgrade with the Hungarian Military Commander, John Hunyadi, called the Athleta Christi (“Christ’s Champion”) by Pope Pius II. Born in 1386 at Capistrano, Italy - 23 October 1456 at Villach, Hungary of natural causes. He was Beatified on 19 December 1650 by Pope Innocent X and Canonised on 16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII. Patronages - judges, jurists
• lawyers • military chaplains • military ordinariate of the Philippines • Hungary and Belgrade, Serbia. He was buried in Ilok, Croatia.
#Stsaints12 #saintoftheday #storyofsaints #stjohncapistrano