Blessed Sebastian Maggi
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
16-Dec
Born
1414 at Brescia, Italy
Died
1496 at Genoa, Italy of natural causes; body was still incorrupt in 1963
Beatified
15 April 1760 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed)
Biography
Blessed Sebastian Maggi, also known as Sebastian of Brescia, was born in 1414 to the noble Maggi family in Brescia, Italy. At the young age of 15, Sebastian joined the Dominican Order in Brescia in 1429. Despite his early entrance into the Order, it was the earliest that the Dominicans would accept him.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified1760-04-15 by 15 April 1760 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed)
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