Blessed Gabriel Ferretti
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Born to the Italian nobility, the eldest son of the Count Liverotto of Ferretti and Lady Alvisia. At age 18 he left his worldly position behind and joined the Franciscan Friars Minor at the convent of San Francesco in Ancona, Italy. Received visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Had the gift of healing through his prayers. Priest. Superior of the convent in Ancona in 1425. Franciscan provincial-vicar of Piceno, Marches of Ancona, Italy from 1434 to 1449. Founded convents in San Severino Marche, in Ascoli Piceno, and Osimo, Italy. Friend of Saint James of the Marches who, in 1438, wanted Gabriel to help in his evangelization of the region of modern Bosnia, but the people of Ancona convinced Pope Eugene IV to order the friar to stay in Ancona. Retiring from his position as provincial-vicar, Gabriel became superior in his home convent from 1449 to 1452 when he retired from that to live his remaining years as a simple, prayerful friar.
Born
1385 at Ancona, Italy
Died
• 12 November 1456 in Ancona, Piceno, Italy of natural causes
• he was eulogized by Saint James of the Marches
• buried in the church of the San Franesco convent in Ancona
• in 1489 he was re-interred in a sepulcher built by the church altar by his sister, Paolina Ferretti
• miracles reported at his tomb
• when the church was converted to a military hospital on 14 May 1862, he was re-interred in the crypt of the cathedral of Ancona
• relics re-enshrined in the church of Saint John the Baptist in Ancona on 30 January 1943
Beatified
19 September 1753 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)
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