Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri
Italian presbyter (1821–1893)
Feast: 13 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Galeazza near Bologna, Blessed Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri, priest, who cared diligently for the people entrusted to him and founded the Congregation of the Servants of Mary for the assistance of poor families and in particular for the education of young girls.
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 13 July as a parish priest who founded the Congregation of the Servants of Mary at Galeazza for poor families and the education of girls.
The cause
Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Servants of Mary of Galeazza: the cause of Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri.
- Roman Martyrology, 13 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3742628 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.