:Thanks a lot, ! Yes, I plan to put some work in on his early life and more details about the founding of the Oblates. That whole story about Napoleon can be expanded, too - there's a bunch of back-and-forth and even heavy research Lanteri did and smuggled to the pope while Napoleon had the pope arrested in Savona. I agree the Saint infobox and stub category are a weak fix, but I figured it's better to start with those than simply "biography" stuff since he's "on the road" and the little explanatory Canonization box shows that chain. We could say he is "venerated" just within the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, which is basically true, though it doesn't have the canonical force of a liturgical feast day as Blesseds and Saints would, even on particular calendars. 
 :As for sources, we have many other scholar-members in the congregation who have written his life and curated his writings, so there are several other biographical works that can be cited. Due to advancements in research into the documents of the time, the more recent biographies are generally more complete than the early ones, and they're also in English, so I started with those (the Christiani and the Gallagher). I've been in touch with our library in Pinerolo, Italy (was just there last week, actually), and I'll meet our Archivist in Rome early next week, so I'll have a better sense of what secondary sources we can reference in addition to those already listed. 
 :Thanks for getting back to me! I will pray for your family, in turn. Blessings!  |