Giacomo_Benefatti
Giacomo Benefatti (died 19 November 1332) was an Italian Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Preachers who ascended to the position of Bishop of Mantua.[1] Benefatti became noted for his tender care of the ill during epidemics of plague and both Pope Benedict XI - a close personal friend - and Pope John XXII held him in high esteem.[2]
Benefatti's reputation for personal holiness endured in the centuries after his death and the confirmation of his local 'cultus' - or popular devotion - allowed for Pope Pius IX to confirm the late bishop's beatification on 22 September 1859.[3]