Gaspar del Bufalo
Gaspar Melchior Balthazar del Bufalo | |
|---|---|
| Priest | |
| Born | January 6, 1786 Rome, Papal States |
| Died | December 28, 1837 Rome, Papal States |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 18 December 1904, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Pius X |
| Canonized | 12 June 1954, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII |
| Feast | January 2 |
| Attributes | Priest's cassock |
Gaspar Melchior Balthazar del Bufalo, CPPS (January 6, 1786 – December 28, 1837), also known as Gaspare del Bufalo, was a Catholic priest and the founder of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Canonised as a saint in 1954, he is liturgically commemorated on October 21.