Priest who sold his soul to Satan becomes the Catholic Church's newest saint
More than 700,000 people gathered at St Peter's Square in Rome this month to witness the canonization of a former Satanic priest.
Pope Leo XIV officially declared Bartolo Longo, along with six others, as a new saint for the Catholic Church.
Longo was born in 1841 in Latiano, Italy, and trained as a lawyer. After the death of his father, he became involved in occult practices and reportedly served as a Satanic priest, engaging in extreme
Seeking answers about life and the afterlife, he turned to local mediums before eventually being guided back to the Catholic faith by Professor Vincenzo Pepe.
After renouncing Satanism, Longo took a vow of celibacy and devoted himself to charitable works.
He founded the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii, as well as an orphanage for girls in 1887 and an institute for the sons of prisoners in 1892. In 1922, he established another institute for the daughters of prisoners. He also volunteered for two years at the Neapolitan Hospital for Incurables.
Longo died in 1926 and was remembered for his dramatic transformation from a life of darkness to one of faith and service, ultimately earning sainthood in the Catholic Church.
He was canonized along with six others, including three nuns, a Venezuelan 'doctor of the poor' and an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide.
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