Ferdinando Baccilieri was born in 1821 near Finale Emilia, Italy. As a young man he wanted to be a foreign missionary, but poor health stood in the way.
Ferdinando Baccilieri was born in 1821 near Finale Emilia, Italy. As a young man he wanted to be a foreign missionary, but poor health stood in the way.
In 1852 he was made parish priest of Galeazza, a small farming village near Bologna, and stayed forty-one years, turning down higher posts. To care for poor families and teach girls there he founded the Servants of Mary of Galeazza. He died in 1893 and was beatified in 1999.
Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri was beatified in 1999.