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• 17 October

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Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Milan, Italy. Graduated from the University of Padua in 1880. Noted civil and canon lawyer. Taught at several universities. Dean of the law faculty in Modena. Secular Franciscan tertiary. Member of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul charity group. Friend of Pope Pius XI.

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

Venerated

• 8 February 1931 by Pope Pius XI

Beatified

• 13 April 1947 by Pope Pius XII

Patronage

• colleges
• schools
• universities

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Contardo Ferrini“. CatholicSaints.Info. 17 September 2021. Web. 26 April 2024. <>