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Life of Saint John Leonardi, zealous missionary for Christ
Saint John Leonardi is an exemplary figure of sixteenth-century Catholicism, renowned for his profound spirituality, missionary zeal and contribution to the reform of the Church. Born at a time when the Catholic Church was going through numerous internal and external crises, John Leonardi devoted his life to evangelisation, the training of priests and the propagation of the faith. His foundation of the Congregation of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God and his role in establishing the College for Foreign Missions show the extent of his commitment to the Church and his desire to see a genuine spiritual reform.
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