Saint Abundius of Como
Bishop of Como in the 5th century, Saint Abundius was a major ecclesiastical diplomat sent by Pope Saint Leo to resolve …
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95 saints associated
Adele Bonolis
Italian layperson (1909-1980), declared Venerable in 2021, she dedicated her life to the rehabilitation of marginalized …
Adrian Osmolowski
Adrian Osmolowski (1838-1924) was a Polish Franciscan religious. Exiled to Italy after the suppression of his convent by…
Blessed Alexander Sauli
A member of the Barnabite order and a close associate of Saint Charles Borromeo, Alessandro Sauli was appointed bishop o…
Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
A Benedictine cardinal and Archbishop of Milan, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster was a devoted pastor, a great scholar of the …
Saint Alypius of Thagaste
A disciple and intimate friend of Saint Augustine, Alypius was initially drawn to the circus games and Manichaeism befor…
Ambrogio Grittani
An Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Oblate Sisters of Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Ambrogio Grittan…
Saint Ambrose of Milan
A high-ranking Roman official who became Bishop of Milan by popular acclamation in 374, Ambrose was one of the greatest …
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Bishop of Milan in the 4th century, Saint Ambrose is one of the four great Doctors of the Latin Church. A prolific autho…
Andrea Carlo Ferrari
Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan, Blessed Andrea Carlo Ferrari distinguished himself by his pastoral zeal, his social commit…
Saint Andrew Avellino of Castronuovo
A priest of the Theatine Order born in the 16th century, Andrew Avellino was a zealous reformer and a friend of Saint Ch…
Angelo Calvi
Angelo Calvi (1909-1937), in religion Father Benigno di Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù, was an Italian Discalced Carmelit…
Angelo Ramazzotti
Bishop of Pavia and later Patriarch of Venice, Angelo Ramazzotti is the founder of the Lombard Seminary for Foreign Miss…
Anna Maria Marovich
A Venetian religious of Croatian origin, Anna Maria Marovich (1815-1887) is the co-founder of the Sisters of Reparation,…
Annunciata Cocchetti
Foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy of Cemmo, Annunciata Cocchetti dedicated her life to the e…
Venerable Anthony Mary Zaccaria
A physician by training who became a priest in Cremona, Anthony Mary Zaccaria founded the Congregation of the Barnabites…
Antonia Emma Lesino
Antonia Emma Lesino (1897-1962), in religion Chiara Giuseppina di Gesù Bambino, was an Italian religious sister and memb…
Antonio Pietro Cortinovis
Italian Capuchin religious, founder of the 'Opera San Francesco per i Poveri' in Milan, recognized for his immense chari…
Antonio Rosmini
An Italian priest, philosopher, and theologian, Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855) was the founder of the Institute of Charity …
Armida Barelli
Armida Barelli (1882-1952) was an Italian laywoman, co-founder of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and presid…
Attilio Giordani
An Italian layperson and Salesian cooperator, Attilio Giordani dedicated himself to the education of youth in Milan befo…
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Born in Thagaste in 354, Augustine led a dissipated youth and strayed into Manichaeism before his sudden conversion in M…
Bartolomea Capitanio
Italian religious (1807-1833), Bartolomea Capitanio founded in Lovere, with Vincenza Gerosa, the Institute of the Sister…
Benedetta Bianchi Porro
A young Italian laywoman suffering from neurofibromatosis, Benedetta Bianchi Porro offered her suffering with heroic fai…
Benedetto Menni
Italian religious of the Order of Saint John of God, Benedetto Menni restored the Fatebenefratelli in Spain and Portugal…
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Born in Fontaines into a noble family, Bernard entered Cîteaux in 1113, bringing with him his brothers and many companio…
Saint Bruno of Würzburg
Bishop of Würzburg in the 11th century, Bruno was a charitable pastor and a builder, notably of Saint Kilian's Cathedral…
Carlo Acutis
Carlo Acutis, a Milanese teenager who died in 2006 at the age of fifteen from fulminant leukemia, is the first saint of …
Carlo Bascapè
Carlo Bascapè (1550-1615) was an Italian Barnabite bishop, a close collaborator of Saint Charles Borromeo, and a key fig…
Carlo Gnocchi
An Italian priest and military chaplain during the Second World War, Carlo Gnocchi dedicated his life to supporting orph…
Carlo Salerio
Carlo Salerio (1827-1870) was an Italian priest and PIME missionary, founder of the Institute of the Sisters of Reparati…
Carolina Beltrami
Italian religious sister (1869-1932), founder of the congregation of the Immacolatine Sisters dedicated to the education…
Celestina Ossoli
An Italian religious sister and nurse of the Palazzolo Institute, Sister Annelvira died in 1995 in the Democratic Republ…
Saint Charles Borromeo
Nephew of Pope Pius IV, Charles Borromeo became Archbishop of Milan and was one of the major figures of the Counter-Refo…
Saint Datius of Milan
Bishop of Milan in the 6th century, Saint Datius is renowned for his exile and fidelity to the faith during the persecut…
Elena Da Persico
Elena da Persico (1869-1948) was an Italian laywoman, journalist, and founder of the Secular Institute of the Daughters …
Saint Eman
Originally from Cappadocia, Eman traveled to Rome, Milan, and Autun before being sent by a divine vision to evangelize t…
Enrichetta Alfieri
Sister Enrichetta Alfieri (1891-1951) was an Italian nun of the Sisters of Charity, famous for her heroic dedication to …
Enrico Mauri
An Italian priest and founder of the Opera della Madonnina del Grappa, Enrico Mauri dedicated his life to supporting war…
Eugenia Maria Ravasco
Eugenia Maria Ravasco (1845-1900) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of the…
Saints Faustinus and Jovita
Brothers from a noble family of Brescia, Faustinus (priest) and Jovita (deacon) were martyred under Emperor Hadrian in t…
Francesco Spinelli
Francesco Spinelli (1853-1913), a Lombard diocesan priest, founded the Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament in Rivolta d'Add…
Frédéric Ozanam
Frédéric Ozanam (1813-1853) was a French layperson, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and a precursor of t…
Saint Galdinus
From the illustrious house of della Scala, Gaudin became Archbishop of Milan and a cardinal in the 12th century during a…
Giovanna Francesca Michelotti
Anna Michelotti (1843-1888), in religion Sister Giovanna Francesca, is the foundress of the congregation of the Little S…
Giovanna Maria Bracaval
A religious sister of Belgian origin, she restored the active life and original charism of the congregation of the Angel…
Giuseppe Lazzati
Giuseppe Lazzati (1909-1986) was an Italian academic and politician, a major figure of the consecrated laity and founder…
Giuseppe Tovini
Giuseppe Tovini (1841-1897) was an Italian lawyer, father, and Catholic activist, beatified in 1998 by John Paul II.
Blessed Humbaud
A nobleman from Auxerre who became the 52nd Bishop of Auxerre in 1095, Humbaud was a reforming and generous prelate, clo…
Blessed John Angel Porro
A religious of the Servite Order born into a noble Milanese family, John Angelus Porro lived for twenty years as a hermi…
Saint Laurien of Seville
Originally from Pannonia and Bishop of Seville, Saint Laurien was a fervent opponent of Arianism. Forced into exile, he …
Luigi Biraghi
Luigi Biraghi (1801-1879) was an Italian priest of the Archdiocese of Milan, founder of the Sisters of St. Marcellina co…
Luigi Talamoni
An Italian priest and founder of the Misericordine Sisters of Monza, Luigi Talamoni distinguished himself through his pa…
Saint Marcellina
The elder sister of Saint Ambrose of Milan, Marcellina dedicated her life to virginity and the Christian education of he…
Marcello Candia
Marcello Candia (1916-1983) was an Italian industrialist who sold his factories to dedicate himself to the poor and lepe…
Maria Giuseppina Amalia Sofia Iaconis
Italian religious and founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Immaculate Conception of Buenos Aires, she ded…
Maria Laura Baraggia
Maria Laura Baraggia (1851-1923) was an Italian religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Fa…
Maria Olga Tambelli
Maria Olga Tambelli (Sister Teresa), a Daughter of Charity, dedicated 57 years of her life to the service of the destitu…
Maria Pierina
An Italian religious sister of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Immaculate Conception, she was the promoter of t…
Maria Rosa Zorza
An Italian religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor, Sister Vitarosa Zorza sacrificed herself in 1995 in…
Blessed Matthew Carrieri of Mantua
A Dominican religious from Mantua in the 15th century, Matthew Carrieri was a famous preacher and reformer of convents t…
Saint Maximus of Turin
Bishop of Turin in the 5th century, Saint Maximus was an eloquent preacher and a prolific author whose homilies are stil…
Saint Monica
Born in Tagaste in 332, Saint Monica dedicated her life to the conversion of her pagan husband Patricius and her son Aug…
Saints Nazarius and Celsus
Nazarius, son of a Roman saint and a pagan officer, was baptized by Saint Linus before evangelizing Italy and Gaul with …
Nerino Cobianchi
An Italian layperson and father, Nerino Cobianchi (1945-1998) dedicated his life to serving the poor and refugees throug…
Paolo Manna
An Italian missionary priest, Paolo Manna worked in Burma before having to return to Italy for health reasons. There, he…
Paul VI
Giovanni Battista Montini, pope under the name Paul VI from 1963 to 1978, brought the Second Vatican Council to its conc…
Saint Peter of Verona (Peter Martyr)
Born in Verona to Cathar parents, Peter joined the Dominican Order and became a fierce preacher against heresy in Italy.…
Saint Philastrius of Brescia
Bishop of Brescia in the 4th century, Philastrius was an ardent defender of orthodoxy against Arianism, traveling throug…
Saint Quirinus of Siscia
Bishop of Siscia in Pannonia at the beginning of the 4th century, Quirinus was arrested under the orders of the magistra…
Riccardo Pampuri
An Italian physician and religious of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God, Saint Riccardo Pampuri (1897-1930) pra…
Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli
Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli (1806-1864) was an Italian Dominican priest, a pioneer missionary in the American Midwest, a …
Saint Savina of Lodi
Saint Savina was a widow of Lodi devoted to the service of the martyrs during the reign of Maximian. She transported the…
Saint Sebastian (Defender of the Church)
A high-ranking officer in the Praetorian Guard in Rome, Sebastian used his position to support persecuted Christians. Co…
Blessed Sebastian Maggi
Coming from a noble family of Brescia, Sebastian Maggi was an exemplary Dominican, a tireless preacher, and a reformer o…
Serafino Morazzone
Serafino Morazzone (1747-1822) was an Italian priest, parish priest of Chiuso for nearly fifty years, recognized for his…
Simeon-Marie Cardon and 5 companions (6)
Group of six Cistercian monks from Casamari Abbey murdered by soldiers of the French Revolutionary Army in May 1799 for …
Saints Sisinnius, Martyrius and Alexander
Originally from Cappadocia, Sisinnius, Martyrius and Alexander were sent by Saint Vigilius of Trent to evangelize the Ty…
Saint Stapin of Dourgne
Originally from Dourgne, Saint Stapin first led the life of a hermit before being elected Bishop of Carcassonne between …
Teresio Olivelli
Teresio Olivelli (1916-1945) was an Italian layman, Christian resistance fighter, and martyr, who died at the Hersbruck …
Saint Vitalis and Saint Valeria
A Roman officer and father of Saints Gervasius and Protasius, Vitalis encouraged the martyr Ursicinus before being conde…
Frequently asked questions
Which saints are connected to Milan?
Saints associated with Milan: Saint Abundius of Como, Adele Bonolis, Adrian Osmolowski, Blessed Alexander Sauli, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Saint Alypius of Thagaste, Ambrogio Grittani and Saint Ambrose of Milan.