Blessed Matthew Carreri
- Also known as
- Matthew of Mantua
- 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 captured as slaves, but the pirates refused the offer.
- Born
- c.1420 at Mantua, Italy
- Died
- 5 October 1470 at Vigevano, Italy of natural causes
- Beatified
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1483 (cultus confirmed)
2 December 1625 by Pope Urban VIII (beatification)
- Canonized
- pending
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Kirken i Norge norwegian
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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