St. John of Capistrano

"Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action."
- St. Gregory the Great (540 - 604)

Today is the feast day of St. John of Capistrano. John was born in 1385 in Capistrano, Italy. He studied law in Perugia, and practiced law in Naples. John was appointed governor of Naples at the age of twenty-six. After being captured and imprisoned during a war with another Italian town, John decided to join the Franciscans (in 1416) and was ordained a priest four years later (1420). He was a great preacher, and preached throughout Europe. At seventy-years-old, John helped prevent Rome and Vienna from being invaded by the Turks by leading an army against the Turks at Belgrade. He and the army of seventy thousand Christians won against the Turks and saved Rome and Vienna from being attacked. John died three months later in Illok, Hungary, in the year of 1456. 

St. John of Capistrano, pray for us!

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Picture of And Information About St. John Is Taken From:

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=692

http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/Saint.aspx?id=1177