Pompilio Maria Pirrotti

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Saint Pompilio Maria Pirrotti S.P.
Priest
Born	(1710-09-29)29 September 1710 Montecalvo, Kingdom of Naples
Died	15 July 1766(1766-07-15) (aged 55) Campi Salentina, Kingdom of Naples
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	26 January 1890, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized	19 March 1934, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XI
Feast	15 July
Attributes	Priest's cassock Crucifix
Patronage	Montecalvo Irpino Campi Salentina

Pompilio Maria Pirrotti (29 September 1710 – 15 July 1766), born Domenico Michele Giovan Battista, was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Piarists. He operated across the Kingdom of Naples as a teacher and as a preacher and he received widespread criticism from detractors that led to his immediate expulsion from the kingdom at the behest of the King. He was later readmitted into the kingdom after public pressure.^[1]

Pirrotti assumed the name of Pompilio Maria of Saint Nicholas upon becoming a professed member of the order and assumed his deceased brother's name (Pompilio Maria) when he commenced his novitiate.

In 1890, Pope Leo XIII beatified him and Pope Pius XI proclaimed him to be a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 19 March 1934.