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Giovannangelo Porro
Italian Roman Catholic priest and hermit
BlessedResearchedServite Order
Feast: 23 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1451
Died
1505
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Milan, Blessed John Angelo Porro, priest of the Order of the Servants of Mary, who, as prior of the convent, stood every feast day at the door of the church or went about the lanes to gather the children and teach them Christian doctrine.
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 23 October as a Servite prior who gathered children every feast day to teach them Christian doctrine.
Connected on this site
- Charles Borromeo Saint“Charles Borromeo was healed as a child due to Porro's intercession and carried with him a foot bone fragment from Porro's incorrupt remains.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3766321 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Giovannangelo Porro (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.