Blessed Bernard of Offida O.F.M. († 1694 ) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He entered the Capuchin Order at 23 years of age where he sought to acquire all the most beautiful Franciscan virtues; by competing with those friars, he considered the best. During his long life, he served as a cook, infirmarian, quaestor, gardener, and porter. Through life's many misfortunes, Bernard cultivated a spiritual outlook that transformed every occasion into prayer and spiritual opportunity. He often scourged himself as a penitential act. He was at Fermo from his profession until two decades later and settled in 1650 in Offida for the remainder of his life. He was beatified by Pope Pius VI on May 25, 1795. His feast day is celebrated on August 23.
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