Marcantonio Durando
Italian presbyter (1801-1880)
Feast: 10 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Marcantonio Durando was born at Mondovì on 22 May 1801 to a pious mother and a liberal, agnostic father. He joined the Vincentians and was ordained on 12 June 1824.
He supported the new Propagation of the Faith, spread the Miraculous Medal association among young women, and founded the Sisters of Jesus the Nazarene to care for the sick and abandoned youth.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Vincentian priest who founded sisters to care for the sick and the young.
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
- Luisa (Luigia) Borgiotti Servant of God“Luisa Borgiotti joined the Umiliate of Turin in 1834 and was chosen by Blessed Marcantonio Durando to lead the new Daughters of the Passion of Jesus of Nazareth (Nazarene Sisters), who nursed the sick in their homes; she is counted a co-founder.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Marcantonio Durando
- Wikidata Q127531 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Marcantonio Durando (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.