Blessed Bernard of Corleone, Religious, First Order

Bernard Latini (baptized Philip) was born at Corleone in Sicily in the year 1605. He was a quarrelsome person in his youth and was prone to violence. But converted to a better way of life, he sought admission to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in 1632. Wholly devoted to God alone, he bent every effort o become like Christ crucified through heroic love and genuine deeds of penance. He died in the year 1667.

From the common of holy men: religious, 1452