Blessed Anthony Manzi

Also known as

• Anthony Manzoni
• Anthony the Pilgrim

Memorial

• 1 February

Profile

Born to a wealthy, pious family; two of his sisters became nuns. As soon as he had legal control of his fortune, Anthony gave it away to the poor; he was shunned by his family and friends, even his sisters the sisters. He wandered across Europe, a pilgrim from shrine to shrine, and then to Jerusalem. He finally returned to Padua, Italy and spent the rest of his life as a hermit near a church, living off alms.

Born

• 1237 in Padua, Italy

Died

• 1267 in Padua, Italy of natural causes
• miracles reported at his grave

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Anthony Manzi”. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 January 2010. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-anthony-manzi/>