ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 1st of May WELCOME! SAINT PEREGRINE LAZIOSI Peregrine Laziosi was born in 1265 in Forli, a small town north east of Florence. In the late thirteenth century, Forli was best known as a stronghold of opposition to the Papacy. In 1282, Pope Martin IV excommunicated the whole town. In an effort to resolve this situation, the Pope sent Father (later Saint) Philip Benizi , who was head of the Servites, a newly founded order of friars who were much involved in caring for the sick, to preach to the townsfolk. Philip’s visit was not a success: he was roughed up by a mob and thrown out of the town. One of those who assaulted him was the young Peregrine Laziosi. HE TURNED TO GOD This incident was a turning-point for Peregrine. He was gradually overcome with remorse for what he had done, and this led him to turn to God. He eventually joined the Servites, Philip’s own order, as a lay-brother, when he was thirty years old. HE WAS MIR...