Blessed Anthony Grassi was born in 1592 and lived most of his life in Fermo, Italy. He joined the Oratory of St Philip Neri, a congregation of Priests and Lay brothers. Blessed Anthony shared a number of spiritual gifts with his holy father, St. Philip, including a deep love of the ministry of the confessional, rarely spending fewer than five or six hours each day reconciling people to God through this sacrament; and the gift of healing, with many cures credited to him during his life on earth and since. He also shared the Saint’s repugnance of sin and was known to be able to smell the stench of sins, especially of sins of impurity. Anthony died in 1671 and w.as beatified in 1900.
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