
LUIGI BIRAGHI
was born at Vignate in 1801.
When he was eleven he entered the seminary: he received priestly ordination on May 26, 1825.
He taught seminarians academic disciplines till 1855.
He was the spiritual rector of the theological seminary in Milan from 1833 to 1848: he shared with the seminarians the experience of the "Five boys of Milan".
In 1838 he founded the Institute of the Sisters of Saint Marcellina.
From 1855 he was a doctor of the Ambrosian Library.
He died in Milan in 1879.
To know something more...
Announcement of H.E. Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi
Calendar of celebrations in honour of Mgr. Biraghi
The principal stages of Mgr. Biraghi's beatification
Songs in honour of the sisters of S. Marcellina's Founder
Exhumation of the relics (photo report)
Treatment of the relics (photo report)
Father Gigi, Blessed are you! (pictorial presentation by Sister Miranda) [7.100 KB]
Father Gigi, Blessed are you! (a unitary learning link by Sister Monica)