Blessed Gabriel Ferretti - Catholic Blessed

Blessed Gabriel Ferretti

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

9-Nov

Born

1385 at Ancona, Italy

Died

12 November 1456 in Ancona, Piceno, Italy of natural causes; he was eulogized by Saint James of the Marches; buried in the church of the San Franesco convent in Ancona; in 1489 he was re-interred in a sepulcher built by the church altar by his sister, Paolina Ferretti; miracles reported at his tomb; when the church was converted to a military hospital on 14 May 1862, he was re-interred in the crypt of the cathedral of Ancona; relics re-enshrined in the church of Saint John the Baptist in Ancona on 30 January 1943

Beatified

19 September 1753 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)

Biography

Blessed Gabriel Ferretti, also known as Gabriel of Ancona, was born in 1385 in Ancona, Italy. He belonged to the Italian nobility and was the eldest son of Count Liverotto of Ferretti and Lady Alvisia. Despite his privileged background, at the age of 18, Gabriel made the courageous decision to leave his worldly position behind and join the Franciscan Friars Minor at the convent of San Francesco in Ancona.