Giustino Russolillo
Giustino Russolillo, SDV (18 January 1891 – 2 August 1955) was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Vocationists, the Vocationist Sisters and of the Secular Institute of the Apostles of Universal Sanctification.
Russolillo was a pastor at St. George Parish in Pianura, where he was born, and dedicated his life to promoting, cultivating and educating young people about God's call in their life. In doing so, he help young people to fulfill their religious vocation to priesthood and consecrated life.
Russolillo was beatified under Pope Benedict XVI on 7 May 2011 and the ceremony of beatification was presided over by the Pope's delegate, Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery of the Causes of Saints. On 27 October 2020, Pope Francis promulgated a decree approving a miracle attributed to Russolillo; this enabled for him to be canonized on 15 May 2022.
Patron saint of Vocationist Fathers; Vocationist Sisters; Apostles of Universal Sanctification
In the Martyrology
- August 2 Saint Giustino Maria Russolillo, priest