ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 19th of January WELCOME! 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 W...