ISNARDO da CHIAMPO, blessed. — Dominican (also I. da Vicenza or da Pavia), born at Chiampo (Vicenza) toward the end of the 12th century, died at Pavia on 19 March 1244.
Having donned the habit of St. Dominic, probably in Bologna, he then went to Milan and afterward, around 1230, to Pavia, where he formed a friendship with the holy bishop Redobaldo II, from whom in 1231 he received the church of S. Maria di Nazareth in order to found a monastery of his Order. There he was prior, carrying out an effective apostolate, enriched also by the gift of miracles. He was commissioned by the Chapter of the cathedral of Tours to administer all its possessions in
Italy. In 1919 the Office and the proper Mass were approved (AAS, 11 [1919], p. 481). Feast on 22 March.