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Bartolomeo Cerveri
Italian Dominican priest
BlessedResearchedDominican Order
Feast: 21 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1420
Died
1466
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Cervere near Fossano in Piedmont, Blessed Bartolomeo Cerveri, priest of the Order of Preachers and martyr, who, pierced by lances, confirmed by his death the Catholic faith for which he had fought strenuously.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 21 April as a Dominican priest and martyr killed by lances at Cervere.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 21 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q26258696 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bartolomeo Cerveri (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.