Carino

Who they were

Carino was one of the two assassins who waylaid St Peter of Verona in a wood near Barlassina in 1252, striking him on the head with a bill-hook.

He fled to Forlì, where he repented, gave up his heresy and became a Dominican lay-brother, dying so holy a death that his memory was honoured. In 1934 his head was moved from Forlì to his birthplace, Balsamo near Milan, where he has some veneration.

The miracles

The source does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

The repentant murderer of St Peter Martyr who became a Dominican lay-brother.

Connected on this site

• Peter of Verona Saint
  “Carino was one of the two assassins who waylaid St Peter of Verona in a wood near Barlassina in 1252, striking him on the head with a bill-hook.” — this site's research