Domenico da Cese (27 March 1905 - 17 September 1978), born Emidio Petracca, was a monk who was a member of the
Capuchin order
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Domenico da Cese was born as Emidio Petracca in
Cese in the
Kingdom of Italy
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[The Face of God, Paul Badde, page 232.] On 12 January 1915 at the age of nine while at school, he called out in class to his peers that there was going to be an earthquake that would strike that night; he was correct in this. He and his father were almost killed when their church collapsed on top of them. Both had to be pulled from the rubble to safety.
Emilio joined the
Capuchin order
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and became a close friend of
Padre Pio
Francesco Forgione, OFM Cap., better known as Padre Pio and as Saint Pius of Pietrelcina ( it, Pio da Pietrelcina; 25 May 188723 September 1968), was an Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a s ...
, a future saint. Padre Domenico became a believer and proponent of the
Holy Face of Manoppello
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, eventually getting permission to live near the image.
In September 1978, when in
Turin
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to visit the
Shroud of Turin
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, the six foot tall Padre Domenico was hit by a young man driving a
Fiat
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and died due to his injuries on 17 September 1978. He was buried in his hometown of Cese.
His sainthood cause commenced on 3 March 2015 and he has been given the title of
Servant of God
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Terminology
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See also
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Christian mystics
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for, the consciousness of, and the effect of ..a direct and transformative p ...
References
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1905 births
1978 deaths
Capuchins
Italian Christian monks
20th-century venerated Christians
Italian Servants of God