Marco da Montegallo
Italian physician and monk
Feast: 19 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Vicenza, Blessed Marco da Montegallo, priest of the Order of Minors, who, to meet the needs of the poor, created the work called the Monte di Pietà .
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 March as a Franciscan priest who created the Monte di Pietà for the poor.
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, 19 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q15635147 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Marco da Montegallo (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.