Blessed Hippolytus Galantini

Also known as

• Ippolito Galantini

Memorial

• 20 March

Profile

Silk-weaver. From age twelve, he assisted priests in teaching children their catechism. As an adult, he formed the congregation of Italian Doctrinarians, who taught children catechism.

Born

• 1565 at Florence, Italy

Died

• 1619 of natural causes

Beatified

• 29 June 1825 by Pope Leo XII

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Hippolytus Galantini”. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 March 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-hippolytus-galantini/>