Baldassare Ravaschieri
Baldassare Ravaschieri, OFM (1420 – 17 October 1492) was an Italian Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. Ravaschieri served as a noted preacher and confessor and befriended as contemporaries Bernardine of Feltre and architect Giovanni Antonio Amadeo.
Ravaschieri's beatification received confirmation on 8 January 1930 after Pope Pius XI issued a decree that acknowledged his 'cultus' (or popular devotion and following).
Patron saint of Chiavari; Gout; Against gout
In the Martyrology
- October 17 Blessed Baldassarre Ravaschieri, Franciscan priest