Saint Cajetan - Wikipedia

Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for making us aware that October 1 is the anniversary of the birth of Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer, co-founder of the Theatines Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene who is recognized as Saint Cajetan in the Catholic Church, and his feast day is 7 August.
Definition of Theatines: a priest of the Order of Clerks Regular founded in 1524 in Italy by St. Cajetan and Gian Pietro Caraffa to reform Catholic morality and combat Lutheranism. [Merriam-Webster]

Who Was St. Cajetan?
"Saint Cajetan (1480-1547), the founder of the Theatine Order, was an early promoter of the Blue Scapular, which has since become a sacramental near and dear to the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception."
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Images
1. Statue of the San Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene (1480-1547). Saint Cajetan, Italian Catholic priest, religious reformer, co-founder of the Theatines
2. Apoteosi di San Gaetano da Thiene, Oil on canvas painting in Santa Maria Maddalena Roman Catholic church in Camisano Vicentino
3. Argentine Catholics carry images of St Cajetan, patron of the unemployed and job seekers (CNS)
4. Statue of St. Cajetan (Gaetano di Thiene) pictured with the Christ Child by Gaetano Susali (1724-79); located at Church of St. Marcuola, Venice, Italy .

Background from catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/07/31/the-saint-who-helped-find-loan-sharks/
"St Cajetan, whose full name was Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene, was an Italian priest who helped to found the Theatines. He was born in October 1480, the son of Gaspar, lord of Thiene, and Mary Porta, members of Vicenza’s nobility.

St Cajetan lost his father when he was two. He studied law in Padua and received a doctorate in civil and canon law by the age of 24. Although he worked as a diplomat for Pope Julius II in 1506 he was not ordained a priest until 10 years later.

When his mother died he was recalled to Vicenza, where he founded a hospital for the incurably sick with a special interest in spirituality. He went on to join a confraternity in Rome called the Oratory of Divine Love.

In 1523 Pope Julius II died and St Cajetan withdrew from the papal court and returned again to Vicenza. He entered the confraternity of St Jerome which was smilar to the Oratory of Divine Love in Rome. But the confraternity of St Jerome was made up of men from the lowest stations of life, which embarrassed his friends. But Cajetan persisted, seeking out the poor and sick, and working in hospitals.

In 1524, Pope Clement VII erected a new congregation with the help of Giovanni Pietro Crafa, the Bishop of Chieti, who later became Pope Paul IV. From the name of the city Chieti (in Latin, Theate) arose the name of the order. It was through the order that Cajetan met Jerome Emiliani, whom he helped to establish the Congregation of Clerks Regular.

In 1533 he established a house in Naples dedicated to challenging the spread of Lutheranism. He also founded a bank to help the poor and offer an alternative to loan sharks. It became the Bank of Naples.

He died in Naples on August 5 1547. His relics are buried in the Church of San Paolo Maggiore in the southern Italian city.

St Cajetan was beatified on October 8 1629 by Pope Urban VII. He was canonised in 1671 along with Rose of Lima, Luis Beltrán, Francis Borgia and Felipe Benicio."

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Not familiar with this Saint, thanks for sharing.

Interesting share. Usually I have a friend or two with a saint's name but not this one!