Blessed Marco De Marconi
Feast Day
24-Feb
Born
1480 in Mantua, Italy
Died
24 February 1510 in Mantua, Italy of natural causes; body later found incorrupt; when his home monastery was destroyed in war in the mid-17th century, his relics were moved to a new monastery and church in Mantua; the church and monastery were suppressed in the late 18th century, and the relics were briefly hidden; relics enshrined in the cathedral in Mantua
Beatified
2 March 1906 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmation)
Biography
Blessed Marco De Marconi, also known as Marco of Mantua, was born in 1480 in Mantua, Italy, into a pious Christian family. From a young age, Marco exhibited a deep sense of spirituality and devotion, which led him to join the Order of the Hermits of Saint Jerome in Migliarino, Italy when he was just 16 years old.
Cause for Canonization
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