James Benfatti
Italian Roman Catholic bishop and blessed
Feast: 5 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Mantua, Blessed James Benfatti, bishop, of the Order of Preachers, who, after restoring peace in the city, helped the people struck by plague and famine.
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 19 November as a Dominican bishop of Mantua who restored peace and helped his people in plague and famine.
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.
Connected on this site
- Benedict XI Blessed“Benefatti became noted for his tender care of the ill during epidemics of plague and both Pope Benedict XI — a close personal friend — and Pope John XXII held him in high esteem.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 19 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3761994 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Giacomo Benefatti (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.