BL. ANDREW A PISCERIA, RELIGIOUS

BL. ANDREW A PISCERIA, RELIGIOUS - 19 JANUARY

BLESSED ANDREW A PISCERIA, RELIGIOUS

Blessed Andrew a Pisceria (Andreas a Pisceria) is commemorated on January 19 and, depending on the calendar used, on May 19 or September 23.

HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND

Andrew Grego - nicknamed "a Pisceria" from his native town of Peschiera on Lake Garda - was born of poor but virtuous parents at the beginning of the fifteenth century.

HE PRESERVED INTACT THE VIRTUE OF CHASTITY

Having matured into a youth, he refused every proposal of marriage that was made to him, and preserved intact the virtue of chastity. Yes, God had called him to something higher.

LIFE AS A DOMINICAN

He entered the Order of St Dominic and after completing his studies was sent to Valtellina (Vallis Tellina), where he worked for forty-five years on the conversion of heretics with so great a success that he is justly called the apostle of that region.

AT HIS INTERCESSION, THE CITY WAS FREED FROM THE PLAGUE

He died on January 18, 1485. Ever since 1641, when the inhabitants of Morbegno (Morbinium) were freed from the plague at his intercession, Andrew was publicly venerated there and this veneration was confirmed by Pope Pius VII on September 23, 1820. His name is inserted in the Roman Martyrology for the Order of Preachers on January 19.

Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858 - 📷 Blessed Andrew's entry in Stadler's Encyclopedia of Saints

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