Giuseppe Maria Tomasi
Joseph Mary Tomasi (12 September 1649 – 1 January 1713), also known as the "Saint Duke", was an Italian Catholic priest, scholar, reformer and cardinal as well as a member of the princely Tomasi family. His scholarship was a significant source of the reforms in the liturgy of the Catholic Church during the 20th century. He was a member of the Theatines.
Tomasi was beatified by Pope Pius VII in 1803, and canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1986.
Patron saint of Catholic liturgy
In the Martyrology
- January 1 Saint Giuseppe Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa, Theatine priest and cardinal