April 30, 2024

Feast of Beato Benedetto da Urbino

Beato Benedetto da Urbino, ora pro nobis

April 30th is the Feast of Bl. Benedict of Urbino, Capuchin Priest. In celebration, we’re posting a prayer and petition from a Papal Zouave on February 10th, 1867, asking for the intercession of Bl. Benedict of Urbino, who had just been beatified by Bl. Pope Pius IX on January 15, 1867.

O thou who art now so glorious in Heaven, be not selfish in the midst of thy felicity! I expect a miracle at thy hands, for thy power is only equalled by thy compassion. Look down on a poor Zouave who has to fight and struggle, as thou didst during thy life on earth; make me a chaste and worthy soldier of Christ, detach me from this world, in order that I may be united to God. I desire to love the cross now, that I may win Heaven hereafter.


Bl. Benedict of Urbino, Pray for us!

By Brendan Cassell (Papal Zouave History @PapalZouaveUS)