12 Facts About Bernardo Scammacca

Bernardo Scammacca, OP was an Italian Catholic priest and member of the Order of Preachers.

Bernardo Scammacca became a noted prophet and spent hours in the confessional.

Bernardo Scammacca was born in 1430 in Catania to upper-class and pious parents.

Bernardo Scammacca became known for his range of charitable works and for his life of repentance for the life he had led, as well as for his strict adherence to the rule of Saint Dominic.

Bernardo Scammacca fostered a particular devotion to the Passion of Christ, which sometimes led him into ecstasies.

Bernardo Scammacca founded a hospital for the poor, which still exists.

Bernardo Scammacca liked to spend time in the confessional and work as a spiritual director.

Bernardo Scammacca had the gift of being a prophet and used that gift to warn others to change their lives.

Bernardo Scammacca was named the prior of the convent of Saint Dominic in Catania and later named as the prior of the convent in Palermo.

Bernardo Scammacca was made the vicar general of the reformed Sicilian convents.

Bernardo Scammacca peeked in to see a child shining with light holding a book that Scammacca was reading from.

Bernardo Scammacca was beatified on 8 March 1825 after Pope Leo XII confirmed his 'cultus'.