Vincent Strambi
Roman Catholic Bishop
Feast: 1 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Vincenzo Maria Strambi was born at Civitavecchia on 1 January 1745, where his father kept a pharmacy, and against his father's resistance entered the seminary of Montefiascone in 1762. He became a Passionist.
On 5 July 1801 he was named Bishop of Macerata and Tolentino, which he governed with holiness, and for his fidelity to the Pope he suffered exile. He died of a stroke on 1 January 1824, the day he was born.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Passionist bishop who suffered exile for his loyalty to the Pope.
Connected on this site
- Paul of the Cross Saint“Strambi entered at the Passionists despite the congregation's founder, Paul of the Cross, refusing him several times due to Strambi's frail constitution.” — Wikipedia
- Anna Maria Taigi Blessed“She became a Secular Trinitarian after experiencing a sudden religious conversion in the winter of 1790 at Saint Peter's Basilica, when Taigi came into contact with a range of cardinals and luminaries, including Vincent Strambi and Benedict Joseph Flaget.” — Wikipedia
- Pius VII Servant of God“He served as bishop for the remainder of the pontificate of Pope Pius VII before his successor Pope Leo XII accepted Strambi's resignation and summoned him to Rome as his advisor.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Vincenzo Maria Strambi
- Wikidata Q966615 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Vincent Strambi (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.