Gabriel Ferretti
Blessed Italian Franciscan
Feast: 9 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Gabriel Ferretti (c. 1385 – 12 November 1456) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He was an ancestor to both Cardinal Gabriele Ferretti and Pope Pius IX having been descended from a long noble lineage. Ferretti entered the religious life after becoming of age and soon after his ordination held two important leadership positions in the order. He set about restoring run down Franciscan convents in the region as well as seeing to the establishment of new ones to deal with an influx of new novices.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Pius IX Blessed“He was an ancestor to both Cardinal Gabriele Ferretti and Pope Pius IX having been descended from a long noble lineage.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q3637220 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gabriel Ferretti (CC BY-SA)
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