Blessed Matthew Carreri

Also known as

• Matthew of Mantua
• Matteo Carreri

Memorial

• 8 October

Profile

Joined the Dominicans at Mantua, Italy in 1440. Travelling preacher throughout Italy. Noted for his deep prayer life and his devotion to the Rule of his Order. Once tried to trade himself for a mother and daughter who had been enslaved, but the pirates refused the offer.

Born

• c.1420 at Mantua, Italy

Died

• 5 October 1470 at Vigevano, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• 1483 (cultus confirmed) by Pope Sixtus VI
• 2 December 1625 by Pope Urban VIII (beatification)

Patronage

• Vigevano, Italy

Additional Information

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