Passionists
Also known as
- Congregation of Discalced Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (formal and official name)
Founded
- 1725 by Saint Paul of the Cross, with the permission of Pope Benedict XIII
Article
The first house was established on Monte Argentaro, Tuscany, Italy, c.1728, although the rule had been drawn up in 1720. It was approved by Benedict XIV in 1741, and confirmed in 1769 by Clement XIV. This, with a further solemn confirmation by Pope Pius VI in 1775, secured the institute on a permanent basis. The mother-house was established on Monte Celio, Rome, Italy in 1778. The society is administered by a general, provincials, and rectors. Classed in the Church as a mendicant order, its members follow the Evangelical. Counsels to the twofold end of self-sanctification and the sanctification of others. They add a fourth vow, to promote devotion to Our Lord in His Passion. Their community life is, therefore, supplemented by missionary activities, especially in the direction of spiritual exercises and parochial duties in non-Catholic countries. They are likewise engaged in propagating the faith in the foreign mission field. More than twelve foundations made in Italy before 1810 were suppressed with other religious orders under Napoleon, but, restored c.1814 under Pope Pius VII, they were increased by numerous branch-foundations abroad, notably in England, Ireland, and the United States, and have flourished remarkably in recent years.
Profiled Passionists
- Blessed Abilio Ramos y Ramos
- Blessed Anacario Benito Nozal
- Blessed Anatolio García Nozal
- Blessed Dominic Barberi
- Blessed Epifanio Sierra Conde
- Blessed Eufrasio de Celis Santos
- Blessed Felipe Ruiz Fraile
- Blessed Felipe Valcobado Granado
- Blessed Felix Ugalde Irurzun
- Blessed Ferdinando Santamaria
- Blessed Fulgencio Calvo Sánchez
- Blessed Honorino Carracedo Ramos
- Blessed Isidore of Saint Joseph
- Blessed José Estalayo García
- Blessed Jose María Bengoa Aranguren
- Blessed José María Cuartero Gascón
- Blessed José Osés Sainz
- Blessed José Ruiz Martinez
- Blessed Julio Mediavilla Concejero
- Blessed Justiniano Cuesta Redondo
- Blessed Laurino Proaño Cuesta
- Blessed Lorenzo Salvi
- Blessed Luigi Campidello
- Blessed Manuel Pérez Jiménez
- Blessed Maurilio Macho Rodríguez
- Blessed Pedro Largo Redondo
- Blessed Pedro Leoz Portillo
- Blessed Tomás Cuartero Gascón
- Blessed Vicente Díez Tejerina
- Blessed Vikentij Bosilkov
- Blessed Zacarías Fernández Crespo
- Martyrs of Carabanchel Bajo
- Martyrs of Manzanares
- Martyrs of Manzanares
- Martyrs of Urda
- Saint Charles of Mount Argus
- Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
- Saint Gemma Galgani
- Saint Inocencio de la Immaculada
- Saint Paul of the Cross
- Saint Vincent Strambi
- Venerable Angela Maria Boidi
- Venerable Antonietta Farani
- Venerable Maria Giuseppina Teresa Marcucci
- Venerable Maria Maddalena Frescobaldi Capponi
- Venerable Martín Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi
- Venerable Zygmunt Kryszkiewicz
MLA Citation
- “Passionists“. Congregations of the Faith. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 October 2018. Web. 2 May 2024. <>