Bartholomew of Braganca
Italian bishop
Who they were
Bartholomew received the Dominican habit at Padua from St Dominic himself. He became a bishop in Cyprus in 1248, visited King St Louis in the Holy Land, and in 1256 was made Bishop of Vicenza by Pope Alexander IV.
At Vicenza he suffered under the tyrant Ezzelino, which showed his quality as a pastor. He built the Dominican Church of the Crown there, where he was buried. He died on 1 July 1271.
The miracles
He was venerated by the people and, according to the Bollandists, has always been honoured with the title of Blessed; the Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Dominican bishop who stood firm as a shepherd under persecution.
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.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Bartholomew of Braganza
- Wikidata Q4865302 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.