Andrea Bertoni

Andrea Bertoni (1454 - 25 May 1483) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Servite Order.

[1] Bertoni assumed the religious name of "Giacomo Filippo" upon being admitted to the Servites and he became the procurator of the convent he lived in from his appointment until his death.

[2] The approval of the late priest's "cultus" (or popular devotion) on 22 July 1761 acted as Pope Clement XIII's conferral of beatification upon the late priest while the town of Faenza - where Bertoni hailed from - appointed him as its patron in 1762.

[3] He joined the Servite Order in 1453 at the tender age of nine[2] and was later ordained to the priesthood following the successful completion of his theological and philosophical studies that were required for ordination.

[1] Bertoni died on 25 May 1483 as he recited the Divine Office and kissed a Crucifix that he was holding in his hands.