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January 6
Blessed Didacus Joseph of Cadiz
Priest
Didacus Joseph Lopez Caamano, baptized Joseph Francis, was born in Spain in the year 1743, and entered the Capuchin Order in the Province of Seville. He made profession in 1743.
After his ordination to the priesthood he exercised the ministry of preaching throughout Spain with great success and was called “a second Paul”. Always imbued with a great love for the cross, he combined apostolic activity with contemplation in a marvelous way. He died in 1801.
He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII on April 1, 1894.
God, our Father, you endowed blessed Didacus with the knowledge of the Saints and wonderfully guided him in his labors for the salvation of his people. Through his intercession grant us to relish what is right and good, and to preach to all nations the unfathomable riches of Christ. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.