Antonio Maria Gianelli
(1789–1846)
Bishop (of Bobbio†), Founder, Priest
Orders/Societies Associated with: Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden*; Oblati di Sant'Alfonso**
Place of birth:Duchy of Milan (Holy Roman Empire) (Austrian Habsburg)††
Place of death:Duchy of Parma and Piacenza†††
Feastday
7 June
Beatification
19/04/1925 by Pius XI
Canonisation
21/10/1951 by Pius XII
Patronage
Patron of:Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden / Figlie di Nostra Signora del Giardino / Congregatio Filiarum Mariae Sanctissimae ab Horto
*Congregatio Filiarum Mariae Sanctissimae ab Horto / Figlie di Maria Santissima dell'Orto [1829]
**Missionaries of Saint Alphonsus [1838–1846]
†Bobium / Bòb / Bêubbi
††Ducatus Mediolani (Sacrum Imperium Romanum) (Domus Habsburgensis Austriae) / Ducato di Milano (Sacro Romano Impero) (Asburgo austriaco) / Ducaa de Milan (Sacr Roman Imper) (Asburgh Austriach) / Herzogtum Mailand (Heiliges Römisches Reich) (Habsburger Österreichische Linie) [1707–1796]
†††Ducatus Parmae et Placentiae / Ducato di Parma e Piacenza [1545–1802 / 1814–1859]
Saints
This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.
The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.
Select a saint’s name from the dropdown below to see more details:
Select criteria below and submit the form to see a list of saints that match the criteria:
Sources
Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:
D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.
Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.
Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.
Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990
and the following websites:
and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia