Blessed Christopher Macassoli of Vigevano

Also known as

• Kristoffer Macassoli av Vigevano
• Cristoforo Macassoli

Memorial

• 5 March
• 11 March on some local calendars

Profile

Born to the Italian nobility. Entered the Franciscans at age 20. Priest. Founded the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie at Vigevano, Italy c.1475, which became a point of pilgrimage for those seeking spiritual advice. Worked with Blessed Pacificus Ramoth of Carano.

Born

• c.1415 in Milan, Italy

Died

• 5 March 1485 at Vigevano, Italy of natural causes
• buried in the abbey church of Santa Maria delle Grazie
• relics translated to the cathedral of Vigevano in 1810

Beatified

• 23 July 1890 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Christopher Macassoli of Vigevano”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 March 2010. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-christopher-macassoli-of-vigevano/>