Charles Borromeo

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (between 1575/1599) (link)

Feast Day November 4

Patron of Seminarians, Catechists, Bishops, Stomach Ailments

Situations Church Reform, Plague, Seminary Formation

Professions Bishops, Catechists, Seminarians

Saint Charles Borromeo was the Archbishop of Milan and a key figure in the Counter-Reformation. Born into Italian nobility in 1538, he was instrumental in the final sessions of the Council of Trent. He reformed clerical education, established seminaries, and personally cared for plague victims during the epidemic of 1576.