Contardo Ferrini
Italian jurist (1859–1902)
Feast: 17 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Suna on Lake Maggiore, Blessed Contardo Ferrini, who, in educating young people, by his example of faith and Christian life went far beyond human learning.
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 17 October as an educator of the young whose example of faith went far beyond human learning.
The cause
Contardo Ferrini has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Blessed Contardo Ferrini.
- Roman Martyrology, 17 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2278847 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Contardo Ferrini (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.