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Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene CR (6 October 1480 – 7 August 1547), known as Saint Cajetan, was an Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer, co-founder of the Theatines. He is recognised as a saint in the Catholic Church, and his feast day is 7 August.
Saint Cajetan, when we see things that trouble us in our Church, help us to continue to love her. Guide us to the positive steps we need to take to work within the Church for renewal.
St. Cajetan of Thiene (born October 1480, Vicenza, Republic of Venice—died August 7, 1547, Naples; canonized 1671; feast day August 7) was a Venetian priest who cofounded the Theatine order and became an important figure of the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 7, 2022 · Learn about Saint Cajetan, a lawyer who became a priest and founded the Theatines, a reform movement in the Catholic Church. He also established a charity for the poor and a bank in Naples.
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Jun 28, 2024 · Learn about the life and legacy of St. Cajetan, a reformer and founder of the Theatines, who fought against corruption and heresy in the Church. He was a champion of the poor, who founded a hospital and a bank for them.
Cajetan (born Feb. 20, 1468/69?, Gaeta, Naples—died Aug. 10, 1534?, Rome) was one of the major Catholic theologians of the Thomist school.
Founder of the Theatines, born October, 1480 at Vicenza in Venetian territory; died at Naples in 1547. Under the care of a pious mother he passed a studious and exemplary youth, and took his degree as doctor utriusque juris at Padua in his twenty-fourth year.
