Colasuonno, Francesco Cardinal b. January 2, 1925 d. May 31, 2003 Roman Catholic Cardinal. A native of Grumo Appula near Bari, he was ordained a priest on September 28, 1947 in the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Grumo Appula. After earning a doctorate in Theology and in Canon Law in Rome, he joined of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See in 1958. He served in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See until 1962 in the then Department for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs as a collaborator of the Pro-Secretary of State, Monsignor Domenico Tardini...[Read More] (Bio by: Ruggero) Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Bari, Provincia di Bari, Puglia, Italy
Nicholas b. 270 d. December 6, 343 Religious Figure. He was probably born in Patara, a province of Asia Minor which is present day Turkey. He was born to wealthy parents who raised him to be a devout Christian. They died while he was very young and he gave his entire inheritance to help the poor, the sick, and the suffering. Dedicating his whole life to serving God, he was made Bishop of Myra, the capital city of Lycia, while still a very young man. So many miracles were performed by him that he was also known as Saint Nicholas...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd) Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Provincia di Bari, Puglia, Italy
b. January 2, 1925 d. May 31, 2003
