December 5th

Blessed Bartholomew Fanti

Blessed · Common of Priests · Mantua, Italy · d. 1495

At Mantua in Lombardy, Blessed Bartholomew Fanti, priest of the Order of Carmelites, who by his words and example stirred the hearts of the faithful to the holy love of God and to filial devotion to Mary, the Mother of God.

Latin Original

Mántuae in Langobárdia, beáti Bartholomaei Fanti, presbyteri ex Ordine Carmelitárum, qui fidélium corda ad sanctum Dei amórem atque ad filiálem in Dei Genitrícem Maríam devotiónem verbis et exémplis excitávit.