Francis Zanfredini, called Cecco of Pesaro
Franciscan tertiary hermit at Montegranaro
Feast: 5 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Montegranaro in the Marche, Blessed Francis Zanfredini, called Cecco of Pesaro, of the Third Order of Saint Francis, who, having distributed all his goods to the poor, was for about fifty years a model of penance, prayer and good works in the hermitage he had built.
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 August as a Franciscan tertiary who gave all his goods to the poor and spent about fifty years of penance, prayer and good works in a hermitage he built.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 5 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q78186024 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.