Blessed Isnard de Chiampo

Also known as

• Isnard of Vicenza

Memorial

• 22 March
• 19 March (Dominicans)

Profile

Dominican friar, receiving the cowl from Saint Dominic de Guzman in 1219. Priest. Founder and first prior of the friary at Pavia, Italy. Though he lived the life of a friar, he was a fat friar, for which he was mocked and ridiculed when he travelled to preach.

Born

• at Chiampo, diocese of Vicenza, Italy

Died

• 1244 of natural causes

Beatified

• 12 March 1919 by Pope Benedict XV (cultus confirmed)

Prayers

God of truth, you drive away the darkness of ignorance by the light of your wisdom. By the life and prayers of Blessed Isnard increase the strength of our faith, and let no trials extinguish in us the fire of your grace which shone forth in him. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. - General Calendar of the Order of Preachers

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dominican Adaptations from the Catalogus Hagiographicus OP
• Heiligen Lexikon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Isnard de Chiampo“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 June 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>