16 Facts About Contardo Ferrini

Contardo Ferrini was a noted Italian jurist and legal scholar.

Contardo Ferrini was a fervent Roman Catholic, who lived a devout life of prayer and service to the poor.

Contardo Ferrini was born on 5 April 1859 in Milan, Italy, to Rinaldo Ferrini and Luigia Buccellati.

Contardo Ferrini was baptized at the same baptismal font where Frederic Ozanam, a native of Milan, had been baptized 46 years prior.

Contardo Ferrini entered the University of Pavia at age seventeen and, two years later, he was appointed dean of students.

Contardo Ferrini received his first professorship at the young age of twenty-six.

Contardo Ferrini attempted to discern his vocation whether as a secular priest, a member of a religious order, or as a married person.

Contardo Ferrini vowed himself to God, became a member of the Third Order of St Francis in 1886, and was a member of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, to which he had been introduced by his father, a member of the Society.

Contardo Ferrini taught for a time at the University of Paris.

Contardo Ferrini later became a canon lawyer in addition to being a civil lawyer.

An unconfirmed anecdote about Contardo Ferrini is that he was asked to attend a dinner party and, once there, found it tedious.

Contardo Ferrini's resort was to invite all the guests to join him in praying the rosary.

Contardo Ferrini died at age forty-three on 17 October 1902.

Contardo Ferrini was declared Venerable by Pope Pius XI and he was beatified by Pope Pius XII on 13 April 1947.

Contardo Ferrini's body is venerated in a chapel of Milan's Catholic University.

Contardo Ferrini is the patron saint of schools, colleges, universities, professors and Homeric scholarship.