The biography of St. Pompilio Maria Pirrotti, SchP, is truly extraordinary. However, this should not surprise us, since collections of saints’lives contain a wide variety of stories: some saints are strong, humanly speaking, while others are weak. Pompilio Maria belonged to thelatter group. Physically and mentally, he was very weak. Yet his work was truly passionate, as he himself testified on various occasions.
Still, certain details are common to all saints: the power of God is evident in them; it is present, and the passion and death of Jesus are areality. Pompilio Maria was persecuted and condemned several times by both ecclesiastical and civil authorities, just as Calasanz, thefounder, was, and as Christ was – because the disciple should not be greater than the master. This is why ordinary people admired andfollowed him.
Human events can be understood if we identify the historical and social context in which they occurred. Divine events can only be understood by those who believe in the Risen One, who lives, who is the Lord of history, and who gladly reveals himself in weakness. The life of a saint is a combination of human and divine events.
What can the life of an Italian Piarist from the eighteenth century tell us today? If you read on, you may be surprised.
46. The power of God. St. Pompilio Maria Pirrotti, Sch. P. (1710-1766)
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Salvador López and Manuel Rodríguez Espejo
Madrid, 2026.
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