The Canonization of St Gregory Barbarigo

Today is the anniversary of the death of St Gregory Barbarigo, cardinal and Patriarch of Venice, in 1697. When he was canonized in 1960, June 18th was occupied by the feast of St Ephraem the Syrian, and so he was assigned to the previous day. His cause had stalled for over a century and a half after his beatification in 1751; it was revived and brought to a successful conclusion by Pope St John XXIII, who was a native of St Gregory’s first diocese, Bergamo, and also patriarch of Venice.

Here is some footage of the canonization ceremony (unfortunately rather grainy, and without soundtrack), which was held in the Lateran basilica in Rome on May 26, 1960. This comes from the always interesting YouTube channel of the website Caerimoniale Romanum, which is dedicated to preserving historical records of this sort - feliciter!