Venerable Antonio Augusto Intreccialagli

Antonio Augusto Intreccialagli (18 February 1852 − 19 September 1924) - religious name Antonio di Gesù - was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Discalced Carmelites who served as the Archbishop of Monreale from 1919 until his death. Intreccialagli served prior to this as the coadjutor for the archdiocese and before that served as the Bishop of Caltanissetta when he was nominated to the episcopate. He was also the co-founder of the Oblates to the Divine Love which he established alongside the Servant of God Margherita Diomira Crispi. Intreccialagli's process for beatification opened after his death in Monreale, as a Servant of God. He was later titled as Venerable in 1991 after Pope John Paul II confirmed that he had lived a life of heroic virtue. Antonio Augusto Intreccialagli was born in 1852 in Montecompatri as the first of ten children born to Giuseppe Intreccialagli and Annunziata Raffaelli. He made his First Communion in 1862 after having received his Confirmation in 1858. In 1867 he entered the Discalced Carmelites (one brother also entered the order) at their convent at Santa Maria della Scala in Rome and assumed the religious name "Antonio di Gesù" upon commencing his period of novitiate. On 19 January 1868 he was vested in the habit for the first time in Santa Maria della Scala. In 1868 he began his philosophical and theological studies in Caprarola and later made his initial profession on 20 January 1868. He made his solemn profession into the order on 20 January 1869 in Santa Maria della Scala into the hands of Fr. Domenico di San Giuseppe. On 19 June 1873 he and some companions sought refuge in the stables at the Farnese Palace after the Caprarola convent was closed in 1872. For months the seminarians ate onions and sometimes starved, but he was noted for keeping his fellows occupied with his good humor.