Bartolomeo Fanti
Italian monk
Feast: 5 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Mantua, Blessed Bartolomeo Fanti, priest of the Carmelite Order, who by word and example kindled in the hearts of the faithful a holy love for God and a filial devotion to Mary his Mother.
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 5 December as a Carmelite priest who kindled love for God and devotion to Mary.
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.
Connected on this site
- Bartolomé Fanti Blessed“At Mantua, Blessed Bartolomeo Fanti, priest of the Carmelite Order, who by word and example kindled in the hearts of the faithful a holy love for God and a filial devotion to Mary his Mother.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 5 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q17993242 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bartolomeo Fanti (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.