CONSTANZO da FABRIANO, bcat. — Dominican, born at the beginning of the 15th century in Fabriano to the humble family of Bernardo de Servoli. He spent some time in Bologna, then in Tuscany, collaborating with St. Antoninus in the movement for regular reform. He was lector at San Marco in Florence; prior at Fabriano (1440–67), Perugia, and Ascoli (1459 and 1470). He attended the Chapter of the Lombard Congregation in Mantua in 1474. A man of great prayer, he died in Ascoli on 24 February 1481. His cult was confirmed in 1811.
COSTANZO DA FABRIANO, BCAT
BIBL.: T. M. Granello, Alcune memorie sul b. C. da F., Ferrara 1881; J. Taurisano, Cat. hausograph., O. P., Roma 1918, p. 44; R. Sassi, Le pergamene dell'archivio domenicano di S. Lucia di Fabriano, Ancona 1939, pp. 47, 49, 54, 82, nn. 179, 187, 204, 14 bis. Angelo Walz