Blessed Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua
![[Blessed Bartholomew Fanti]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintb0q.jpg "31kb jpg detail from a portrait of Blessed Bartholomew by Spanish Carmelite Rafael Lopez-Melus; swiped from the web site of the Carmelite Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary")
Profile
Carmelite priest at Mantua, Italy for 35 years. Spiritual director and rector of the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for which he composed a rule and statutes. Spiritual teacher of Blessed John Baptist Spagnuolo. Noted preacher and healer with a strong devotion to the Eucharist.
Born
- 1495 of natual causes
- 1909 by Pope Saint Pius X (cultus confirmed)
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Carmelite Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours
- CarmelNet
- CarmelNet
- Google Directory
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua”. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-bartholomew-fanti-of-mantua/>
