page_title: Saint Contardo of Este
hierarchical_section_title: Saint Contardo of Este
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: San Contardo è il primo santo laico dell'OESSJ
context_page_description: Saint Contardo of Este was the posthumous son of Aldobrandino of Este, marquis of Ferrara. He was born in 1216 in Ferrara.
  He renounced to his wealth and position of crown prince of Ferrara to become a simple "God's man" and started on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
  In 1235, King Andrew II of Hungary names Contardo: "Milites Sancti Sepulcri", by virtue of the characteristics of the sub-feudation with the Kingdom of Jerusalem; in feudalism it was common practice for the rulers to confer the title of knight on their best men.
  He fell ill in Broni and died there. His body was first buried on the hill where he died. Miracles were reported on his grave: severely sick people were cured.
  The body was later transferred to the Saint Peter parish church in Broni. Two relics are in "Saint Biagio church in Modena.
  His cult was approved in 1609 by Pope Paul V on the request of Claudio Rangoni, bishop of Piacenza, native of Modena, and indulgences were linked to it by Pope Urban VIII
context_section_description: Saint Contardo of Este was the posthumous son of Aldobrandino of Este, marquis of Ferrara. He was born in 1216 in Ferrara.
  He renounced to his wealth and position of crown prince of Ferrara to become a simple "God's man" and started on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
  In 1235,  King Andrew II of Hungary names Contardo: "Milites Sancti Sepulcri" ( Knight of the Holy Sepulchre ), by virtue of the characteristics of the sub-feudation with the Kingdom of Jerusalem ; in feudalism it was common practice for the rulers to confer the title of knight on their best men.
  He fell ill in Broni (Province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy) and died there. His body was first buried on the hill where he died. Miracles were reported on his grave : severely sick people were cured.
  The body was later transferred to the Saint Peter parish church (which later became a Minor basilica) in Broni. Two relics are in "Saint Biagio church (Saint Blaise) in Modena.
  His cult was approved in 1609 by Pope Paul V (papacy 1605-1621) on the request of Claudio Rangoni (it), bishop of Piacenza (1596-1619), native of Modena, and indulgences were linked to it by Pope Urban VIII (papacy 1623-1644)
caption: Saint Peter Minor Basilica, Broni
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