Saint
Saint Bartolo Longo
- Country / origin
- Italy
- Life
- 1841–1926
- Feast
- 5 October
- Canonised
- 19 October 2025
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
A lawyer who, after drifting from the faith and into spiritualism, was deeply converted. He became a great apostle of the Rosary and founded the works of charity at Pompeii.
Patron of
- conversion
- the Rosary
- people far from the faith
- mercy
- new beginnings
When to ask for intercession
- someone feels they have gone too far from God
- on the road of conversion
- to persevere in praying the Rosary
A short prayer
Saint Bartolo Longo, you who found the way back to God, help me never to despair of his mercy, and lead me to Jesus through Mary.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
Associated devotion: The Supplication to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii.
What are you living through today?
- Addiction
- Deep conversion
- The Rosary
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