Detail Of A Painting Of Blessed Manfredo Settala Date And Artist Unknown

Blessed Manfredo Settala

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

27 January; 26 January (blessed bread is distributed to families in the Riva San Vitaly, Italy on the eve of his memorial); Sunday following 27 January (procession of his relics)

Born

Latter 12th century Milan, Italy

Died

27 January 1217 in Riva San Vitaly, Lombardy, Italy of natural causes; the bells throught the region miraculously rang at the hour of his death; buried in Riva San Vitaly at the foot of Monte San Giogio; relics enshrined in a marble sacrophagus in 1387; relics re-enshrined in an urn at the high altar in 1633; relics re-enshrined in the Como, Italy in 1888

Biography

Blessed Manfredo Settala, also known as Manfredo da Settala, was born in the latter 12th century in Milan, Italy, into an esteemed Milanese family. Little is known about his early life and education, but he eventually became a priest and served as the spiritual leader in several parishes within the diocese of Milan. These parishes included Cuasso, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Brusimpiano, and Porto Ceresio Besano.