Gaspar del Bufalo was an Italian Catholic priest born in Rome in 1786. He is best known for establishing the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, a religious community dedicated to spreading devotion to the blood of Christ. Throughout his ministry, he focused on re-evangelizing the Papal States, providing aid to the poor, and even negotiating peace with bandits in the Italian countryside. He was canonized as a saint by Pope Pius XII in 1954 and is remembered as a powerful preacher and a tireless servant to the marginalized.