Blessed Andrea Carlo Ferrari
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- Also known as
- Andreas Ferrari
- Memorial
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2 February (Roman martyrology)
1 February (in Milan)
- Profile
- Educated in the seminary of Parma, Italy.
Ordained on 20 December 1873 in Parma.
Episcopal delegate of Mariano, February 1874.
Coadjutor of the archpriest of Fornovo di Taro, Italy on 4 July 1874.
Vice-rector of the Parma seminary, and professor of physics and mathematics in 1875.
Rector of the seminary in 1877.
Professor of fundamental theology, ecclesiastical history and moral theology in 1878.
Bishop of Guastalla, Italy on 29 May 1890.
Bishop of Como, Italy on 29 May 1891.
Created cardinal on 18 May 1894.
Archbishop of Milan, Italy on 21 May 1894.
Chose his middle name of Carlo in honour of Saint Charles Borromeo.
Participated in the conclaves of 1903 and 1914.
- Born
- 13 August 1850 at Lalatta, Pratopiano, diocese of Parma, Italy
- Died
- 2 February 1921 at Milan, Italy of natural causes;
buried in the chapel Virgo Potens, cathedral of Milan
- Venerated
- 1 February 1975 by Pope Paul VI
- Beatified
- 10 May 1987 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Andrea, contact:
Associazione Cardinal Ferrari
Via A. Fogazzaro, 1
20135 Milano, ITALY
- Additional Information
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Biographisch-Bibliographisches deustch
Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
Centro Cardinal Ferrari italiano
Parrocchia del Beato Cardinal Ferrari italiano
Santi e Beati italiano
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Works
- 1885: Summula theologiae dogmaticae generalis
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