OMD GENERAL CURIA
VERY REV. P. ANTONIO LUIGI PICCOLO 34TH RECTOR GENERAL OMD GENERAL COUNCIL
THE ORDER OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
L’ORDINE DELLA MADRE DI DIO St. John Leonardi was born in 1541 at Diecimo, in the Republic of Lucca. At the age of 17 he was sent to Lucca to learn the apothecary’s trade, but having from a tender age been most piously inclined, he, after many difficulties, including the necessity of educating himself, embraced