He was ordained a priest of Satan in a secret occult sect in Naples, Italy. On October 19, 2025, Pope Leo XIV declared him a saint before a St. Peter’s Square packed with the faithful. This is the true, fully documented story of Saint Bartolo Longo.
Bartolo Longo was born in 1841 in Puglia, southern Italy, into a devout family. As a young lawyer in Naples he abandoned his faith, drifted into spiritism, and was ultimately consecrated a priest in a secret satanic sect. Hallucinations, depression, and suicidal thoughts brought him to the edge of ruin, until a childhood friend and a Dominican priest led him back to the Church. Broken and desperate in the Valley of Pompeii, he heard a voice urging him to spread devotion to the Rosary. From that moment came the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, two recognized miracles (including the origin of the famous 54-Day Novena), and an unprecedented charitable mission for orphans and the children of prisoners.
A story of conversion, mercy, and redemption that proves no soul is ever lost forever.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction: From Priest of Satan to Saint
0:57 Childhood in Latiano and His Mother’s Death
1:16 Naples: University Life and the Descent into Occultism
1:47 The Pact with the Satanic Sect
2:22 The Breakdown: Hallucinations and Thoughts of Suicide
2:48 Vincenzo Pepe and the Meeting with Father Radente
3:29 Confession and the Return to Faith
3:53 The Journey to Pompeii and Despair in the Mud
4:43 The Voice of the Rosary and the Vow to Mary
5:12 The Forgotten Painting and the First Miracle
6:17 Fortuna Agrelli and the 54-Day Novena
7:24 The Birth of New Pompeii and the Works of Charity
8:25 Death and Canonization by Pope Leo XIV
9:08 Closing Prayer and Invitation
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