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Girolamo Miani by Giovanni Maria Morlaiter on the Altare dell'Assunta

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Saint Jerome Emiliani (Hiëronymus Emiliani) is the patron Saint of orphans. He was the founder of the Somaschi Fathers and canonized in 1767 by Pope Clement XIII.



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