Blessed Bishop Giacomo Benefatti | |
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Bishop of Mantua | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Mantua |
See | Mantua |
Appointed | 10 January 1304 |
Installed | 1304 |
Term ended | 19 November 1332 |
Orders | |
Consecration | c. 1320 by Pope John XXII |
Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born | Giacomo Benefatti ??? Mantua, Captaincy-General of Mantua |
Died | 19 November 1332 Mantua, Captaincy-General of Mantua |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 19 November |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 22 September 1859 Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius IX |
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Giacomo Benefatti (died 19 November 1332) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Preachers who ascended to the position of Bishop of Mantua.[1] Benefatti became noted for his tender care of the ill during epidemics of plague and both Pope Benedict XI - a close personal friend - and Pope John XXII held him in high esteem.[2]
Benefatti's reputation for personal holiness endured in the centuries after his death and the confirmation of his local 'cultus' - or popular devotion - allowed for Pope Pius IX to confirm the late bishop's beatification on 22 September 1859.[3]