Saint Celestine I, Pope
A 5th-century pope born in Campania, Celestine I is famous for convening the Council of Ephesus in 431, affirming the do…
Place
Mantua
IT
6 saints associated
Blessed Elisabeth Picenardi
A noblewoman from Mantua, Elisabeth Picenardi consecrated her virginity to God and joined the Third Order of the Servite…
Saint John of Sordi
John of Sordi was a monk and abbot of Cremona who became Bishop of Mantua and later of Vicenza in the 12th century. A de…
Blessed John the Good of Mantua
Born in Mantua, John the Good led a dissipated youth before an illness led him to a radical conversion. Becoming a hermi…
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…