Blessed Bartolomeo Magi Di Anghiari - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Bartolomeo Magi Di Anghiari

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

25 May; 29 August (enshrinment of relics)

Born

1460 in Anghiari, Italy

Died

1510 in Empoli, Italy; relics enshrined in the church of Santa Croce in Anghiari, Italy

Beatified

Public veneration in the church of Santa Croce in Anghiari, Italy approved on 19 June 1635 by the Bishop of Sansepolcro, Italy; public cultus approved for the diocese of Sansepolcro, Italy on 2 May 1830 by Bishop Annibale Tommasi; public cultus approved in 1907 by Bishop Giovanni Volpi of Arezzo, Italy; relics re-enshrined in a new reliquary and new altar in 1950 by Catholic Action

Biography

Blessed Bartolomeo Magi Di Anghiari, also known as Bartolomeo degli Alvarotti, was a notable Franciscan friar who lived during the Renaissance period. He was born in the town of Anghiari, Italy in 1460. Not much is known about his early life, but it is believed that he joined the Franciscan order in his youth and dedicated his life to serving God and his fellow human beings.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified0019-06-01 by Public veneration in the church of Santa Croce in Anghiari, Italy approved on 19 June 1635 by the Bishop of Sansepolcro, Italy; public cultus approved for the diocese of Sansepolcro, Italy on 2 May 1830 by Bishop Annibale Tommasi; public cultus approved in 1907 by Bishop Giovanni Volpi of Arezzo, Italy; relics re-enshrined in a new reliquary and new altar in 1950 by Catholic Action