Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria
Also known as: Antonio Maria Zaccaria; Antony Zaccaria
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
July 5
Died
July 5, 1539
Canonized
27 May 1897 by Pope Leo XIII
Beatified
1849 by Pope Pius IX
Biography
Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, also known as Antonio Maria Zaccaria or Antony Zaccaria, was born in 1502 in Cremona, Lombardy, Italy. He came from a patrician family, but tragically, his father Lazzaro died when Anthony was only two years old. Despite this, his mother, Antonia Pescorali, who was widowed at the young age of 18, devoted herself to raising and nurturing her son....
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