Founder of the Precious Blood Congregation

Saint Gaspar del Bufalo (1786-1837) founded the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in Italy in 1815. On August 15, 1815, this became the birthplace of a new society of preachers and missionaries dedicated to the Precious Blood of Jesus. Gaspar's small band of missionaries worked among the country people of Italy. They staged parish missions where thecongregated.y preached day and night, in churches, on street corners, and anywhere else that people

Before he died in 1837, Gaspar del Bufalo had preached to thousands of people, and had established mission houses around the Italian countryside. Today, the priests, brothers and lay associates of the Congregation serve in more than 20 countries around the world.