Blessed Manfredo Settala
- 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)
Profile
Born to an esteemed Milanese family. Priest of the parishes of Cuasso, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Brusimpiano and Porto Ceresio Besano in the diocese of Milan. Hermit on Monte San Giorgio, Italy. His reputation for piety spread, which led to a series of people asking for his advice, and his intercession in a plague in 1207; he recommended pilgrimages to the tombs of saints and to ask for their intercession, which worked. Miracle worker.
Born
- latter 12th century Milan, Italy
- 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
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Manfredo Settala“. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 October 2021. Web. 20 April 2024. <>