Andrea Gallerani
founder of Frati della Misericordia
Feast: 19 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Siena, Blessed Andrea Gallerani, who visited and consoled the sick and the afflicted with care and gathered the Brothers of Mercy so that, as lay people without vows, they might serve the poor and the sick.
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 19 March as the founder at Siena of the Brothers of Mercy, lay people serving the poor and the sick.
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, 19 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9152033 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Andrea Gallerani (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.