Mariano da Roccacasale
Italian religious (1778–1866)
Feast: 31 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Domenico Di Nicolantonio was born at Roccacasale on 14 January 1778 to a very poor farming family and was a shepherd until he was 23. The long hours of solitude with God led him to the Friars Minor.
As Brother Mariano, porter of the friary, he opened its door to the poor and to pilgrims and cared for them with the greatest charity. He died on 31 May 1866, the feast of Corpus Christi.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A shepherd turned friar who welcomed every poor person at the door as Christ.
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
- Diego Oddi Blessed“He felt drawn to religious life after his adolescence and was resolved to become a Franciscan upon seeing the example that Mariano da Roccacasale set.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Mariano da Roccacasale
- Wikidata Q601185 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mariano da Roccacasale (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.