Blessed Contardo Ferrini - October 17 breski1 Born •4 April 1859 at Milan, Italy Died •17 October 1902 at Suna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy of a heart lesion •buried in Verbano •re-interred in the …More
Blessed Contardo Ferrini - October 17
breski1 Born •4 April 1859 at Milan, Italy Died
•17 October 1902 at Suna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy of a heart lesion
•buried in Verbano
•re-interred in the chapel of the Catholic University in Milan, Italy after his beatification
Contardo Ferrini was the son of a teacher who went on to become a learned man himself, one acquainted with some dozen languages. Today he is known as the patron of universities.
Born in Milan, he received a doctorate in law in Italy and then earned a scholarship that enabled him to study Roman-Byzantine law in Berlin. As a renowned legal expert, he taught in various schools of higher education until he joined the faculty of the University of Pavia, where he was considered an outstanding authority on Roman law.
Contardo was learned about the faith he lived and loved. “Our life,” he said, “must reach out toward the Infinite, and from that source we must draw whatever we can expect of merit and dignity.” As a scholar, he …More
breski1 Born •4 April 1859 at Milan, Italy Died
•17 October 1902 at Suna, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy of a heart lesion
•buried in Verbano
•re-interred in the chapel of the Catholic University in Milan, Italy after his beatification
Contardo Ferrini was the son of a teacher who went on to become a learned man himself, one acquainted with some dozen languages. Today he is known as the patron of universities.
Born in Milan, he received a doctorate in law in Italy and then earned a scholarship that enabled him to study Roman-Byzantine law in Berlin. As a renowned legal expert, he taught in various schools of higher education until he joined the faculty of the University of Pavia, where he was considered an outstanding authority on Roman law.
Contardo was learned about the faith he lived and loved. “Our life,” he said, “must reach out toward the Infinite, and from that source we must draw whatever we can expect of merit and dignity.” As a scholar, he …More