June 18
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Gregory Barbarigo

St. Gregory Barbarigo

cardinal, Bishop of Padua · 1625 – 1697
Feed my sheep.
— John 21:17

A Venetian nobleman and diplomat who became a priest after an epidemic of plague, during which he helped the sick. As bishop he visited every parish of his diocese and founded a printing press and a seminary. He was so generous he even gave away his own furniture. A good shepherd knows his sheep.

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