Simone Ballachi
Italian Roman Third Order Dominican
Feast: 5 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Rimini in Romagna, Blessed Simon Ballachi, religious of the Order of Preachers, who led a life wholly devoted to the service of the brethren, to penance and to prayer.
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 3 November as a Dominican religious devoted to serving his brethren, penance and prayer.
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
- Pius VII Servant of God“Ballachi's popular devotion received approval from Pope Pius VII on 14 March 1820 which allowed for him to approve the friar's beatification.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 3 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q20030845 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Simone Ballachi (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.