Blessed Balthassar of Chiavari

Also known as

• Baldassare Ravaschieri

Memorial

• 17 October

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Priest in the Franciscan Friars Minor (Observants). Preacher with Blessed Bernardine of Feltre.

Born

• 1420 in Chiavari, Genoa, Italy

Died

• 17 October 1492 in Binasco, Milan, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 8 January 1930 by Pope Pius XI (cultus confirmed)

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Balthassar, contact
     Vescovado
     C.P. 137
     P.za Nostra Signora dell’Orto, 7
     16043 Chiavari (GE), ITALY

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Balthassar of Chiavari”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 August 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-balthassar-of-chiavari/>