Conrad of Ascoli
Blessed Italian
Feast: 19 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Conrad Milliano, born at Ascoli in 1234, made penance the centre of his life from childhood. He joined the Franciscans with his lifelong friend Girolamo, later Pope Nicholas IV, taught theology in Rome, and preached with much fruit in Libya, working many miracles.
He later taught at Paris, preaching and nursing the sick when not teaching. Summoned to Rome in 1288 by Nicholas IV, who wished to make him a cardinal, he died on the way at Ascoli on 19 April 1289. His body was later found incorrupt.
The miracles
Pope Pius VI approved the honour paid to him as Blessed.
Why that counted as sanctity
A missionary friar who lived penance and served 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.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Conrad of Ascoli
- Wikidata Q3694282 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Conrad of Ascoli (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.