Blessed Mark of Montegallo
- Memorial
- 20 March
- Profile
- Italian noble from the Marches of Ancona.
Physician.
Married layman; both he and his wife joined the Franciscans, she becoming a Poor Clare.
Priest.
Travelled Italy preaching and establishing charitable pawnshops for the poor, known in Italy as Monti di Pieta.
- Born
- 1426 at Montegallo, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
- Died
- 1497 of natural causes
- Additional Information
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For All the Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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