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Blessed Innocent of Berzo

Blessed Innocent of Berzo Also known as

Giovanni Scalvinoni
Innocenzo de Berzo

3 March
28 September (Capuchins)
9 April on some calendars

Profile

Capuchin priest. Having a special gift working with those seeking the Franciscan life, he was made assistant novice master, then director of candidates for the Order. Died on a preaching tour. His beatification miracles involved cures of terminally ill children.

Born

19 March 1844 at Niardo, Brescia, Italy as Giovanni Scalvinoni

3 March 1890 at Begamo, Italy from influenza

21 March 1943 by Pope Pius XII (decree of heroic virtues)

12 November 1961 by Pope John XXIII

Berzo Inferiore, Italy

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle
- Wikipedia

images
- Wikimedia Commons

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Santi e Beati

spletne strani v slovenšcini
- Svetniki

MLA Citation

“Blessed Innocent of Berzo“. CatholicSaints.Info. 27 February 2017. Web. 14 April 2021. <>