Alberto da Bergamo
Feast: 7 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Cremona, Blessed Alberto da Bergamo, a farmer, who patiently bore his wife's reproaches for his excessive generosity towards the poor and, leaving the fields, lived in poverty as a brother of the Penance of Saint Dominic.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 7 May as a farmer, generous to the poor, who became a Dominican penitent at Cremona.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 7 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11904807 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alberto da Bergamo (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.