Luigi Boccardo
Luigi Boccardo (9 August 1861 - 9 June 1936) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the brother of Giovanni Maria Boccardo. Luigi established the Sisters of Jesus the King as a contemplative branch to his latter brother's Poor Daughters of Saint Cajetan.
Boccardo served as a simple parish priest in Turin and was noted for his commitment to religious vocations as well as for his devotion to methods of evangelization for the faithful under his charge. He has been nicknamed the "Apostle of Merciful Love".
His beatification cause commenced after his death and - upon the approval of Pope Benedict XVI - was beatified on 14 April 2007; Cardinal José Saraiva Martins presided over it on the behalf of the pope in Turin.
Patron saint of Sisters of Jesus the King
In the Martyrology
- June 9 Blessed Luigi Boccardo, priest