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After the arrival of Bishop [[LORAS, Mathias|Mathias LORAS]] in 1839, Mazzuchelli was often asked to accompany the church officials as they traveled because of his great verbal ability in English. After a visit home in 1843, Mazzuchelli asked for an assignment in Wisconsin where he established a Dominican house. In 1857 Mazzuchelli delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Loras. On July 7, 1861, Mazzuchelli assisted Bishop [[SMYTH, Clement|Clement SMYTH]] in blessing the present [[SAINT RAPHAEL'S CATHEDRAL]]. | After the arrival of Bishop [[LORAS, Mathias|Mathias LORAS]] in 1839, Mazzuchelli was often asked to accompany the church officials as they traveled because of his great verbal ability in English. After a visit home in 1843, Mazzuchelli asked for an assignment in Wisconsin where he established a Dominican house. In 1857 Mazzuchelli delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Loras. On July 7, 1861, Mazzuchelli assisted Bishop [[SMYTH, Clement|Clement SMYTH]] in blessing the present [[SAINT RAPHAEL'S CATHEDRAL]]. | ||
Mazzuchelli's life of charitable works made him a candidate for potential sainthood. After years of research, church officials recommended to Pope John Paul II that Mazzuchelli be named "Venerable." The pope agreed in 1993. In 2008 Mazzuchelli's name entered the second stage of the three-part canonization process that would lead to his sainthood. Church officials in Wisconsin and Rome investigated a medical miracle linked to his intercession in 2001. Robert Uselmann of Madison, Wisconsin was given two years to live before his life was to be claimed by cancer. Uselmann and his family prayed around Mazzuchelli's penance chain which is kept with other artifacts at Sinsinawa Mound. On a return visit to his doctors, Uselmann found his cancer had disappeared. When church officials agree that this was a miracle, Mazzuchelli was called, "Blessed." The search that began for proof of a second miracle that was needed for sainthood. | |||
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MAZZUCHELLI, Samuel. (Milan, Italy, 1806-Feb. 23, 1864). Iowa's pioneer priest. Mazzuchelli's assignment in 1835 to the Upper Mississippi Valley, from Fort Snelling, Minnesota, to St. Louis, Missouri, extended a distance of over four hundred miles along the MISSISSIPPI RIVER and up to sixty miles inland to the east and west. With an estimated 3,500 Catholics in the parish, Mazzuchelli was responsible for the construction of more than twenty churches.
Mazzuchelli's first church in Iowa was Saint Raphael's where he hosted Independence Day celebrations at the unfinished building on July 4, 1836. At the formation of the diocese of Dubuque in 1837, he was the only priest in the area except for missionaries who worked among the Native Americans to the north.
After the arrival of Bishop Mathias LORAS in 1839, Mazzuchelli was often asked to accompany the church officials as they traveled because of his great verbal ability in English. After a visit home in 1843, Mazzuchelli asked for an assignment in Wisconsin where he established a Dominican house. In 1857 Mazzuchelli delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Loras. On July 7, 1861, Mazzuchelli assisted Bishop Clement SMYTH in blessing the present SAINT RAPHAEL'S CATHEDRAL.
Mazzuchelli's life of charitable works made him a candidate for potential sainthood. After years of research, church officials recommended to Pope John Paul II that Mazzuchelli be named "Venerable." The pope agreed in 1993. In 2008 Mazzuchelli's name entered the second stage of the three-part canonization process that would lead to his sainthood. Church officials in Wisconsin and Rome investigated a medical miracle linked to his intercession in 2001. Robert Uselmann of Madison, Wisconsin was given two years to live before his life was to be claimed by cancer. Uselmann and his family prayed around Mazzuchelli's penance chain which is kept with other artifacts at Sinsinawa Mound. On a return visit to his doctors, Uselmann found his cancer had disappeared. When church officials agree that this was a miracle, Mazzuchelli was called, "Blessed." The search that began for proof of a second miracle that was needed for sainthood.