General Note
Society of Apostolic Life founded by St. Gaspar del Bufalo in 1815 in Umbria (Italy) . The purpose of the institute was the renewal of the clergy and laity through the preaching of popular missions and retreats. Del Bufalo had been inspired to a devotion to the Precious Blood by Francesco Albertini, who had established an Archconfraternity of the Precious Blood in the church of St. Nicola in Carcere in Rome in 1808.
Società di vita apostolica fondata nell'abbazia di San Felice di Giano, in Umbria. composta sacerdoti secolari riuniti in comunità. senza il vincolo dei voti.
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Further Biographical Data1815-
Geographic NoteCuria generalizia: Viale di Porta Ardeatina 66 - 00154 ROMA tel. 06-57.41.656 - fax 06-57.42.874; e-mail: cppsgeneralate@pcn.net
Names
HeadingMissionari del Preziosissimo Sangue
Variant NameCPPS
Congregatio Missionariorum Pretiosissimi Sanguinis
Congregatio Missionis a Pretioso Sanguine
Congregatio Presbyterorum a Pretioso Sanguine
Congregazione dei Missionari del Preziosissimo Sangue
Missionare vom Kostbaren Blut
Missionaries of the Precious Blood
Missionaries of the Precious Blood and Companions
Missionnaires du Précieux-Sang
Precious Blood Priests
Society of the Most Precious Blood
Society of the Precious Blood [Sources: Locaf]