Antonio Maria Zaccaria

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Antonio Maria Zaccaria

Antonio Maria Zaccaria (* 1502 in Cremona ; † July 5, 1539 there ) was the founder of the Barnabite order . He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Zaccaria studied medicine in Pavia and Padua and then worked as a young doctor with the poor of Cremona, where Battista da Crema influenced him. In 1528 Zaccaria was ordained a priest. In 1530 he became chaplain to Countess Ludovica Torelli in Milan , who helped him found the order and the female branch of the Angelica . In 1533 Pope Clement VII recognized the Barnabites . Zaccaria traveled all over northern Italy as a preacher on his religious mission . His innovations in the field of Catholic customs and rites impressed the faithful, but were received with suspicion by some church authorities. He died on July 5, 1539 in Cremona and was buried in Milan.

Zaccaria was highly venerated by the people after his death, which led to his canonization in 1897 . He is depicted in religious dress with a lily , a chalice with a host and a cross . His feast day is July 5th, the day of his death.

literature

  • Marcello Landi: La presenza della Summa Theologiae di Tommaso d'Aquino nei primi due Sermoni di Antonio Maria Zaccaria. In: Barnabiti Studi 20 (2003), pp. 69-81.
  • Marcello Landi: Sant'Antonio Maria Zaccaria. Contesto storico-culturale e presenza della Summa Theologiae di san Tommaso d'Aquino nei suoi primi tre sermoni. In Sacra Doctrina. Studi e ricerche n. 52 (3/2006), pp. 46–81.
  • Ekkart Sauser :  ANTONIUS MARIA ZACCARIA: St. Order founder. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 24-25.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Commons : Antonio Maria Zaccaria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Antonius Maria Zaccaria , Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints , accessed on July 14, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Zaccaria, Antonio Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Founder of the Barnabite Order and Catholic saint
DATE OF BIRTH 1502
PLACE OF BIRTH Cremona
DATE OF DEATH July 5, 1539
Place of death Cremona