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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
- CarmelNet
- CarmelNet
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Bartholomew Fanti of Mantua“. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 April 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>
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