Feast 20 March | Attributes cross, skull, Name Michele Carcano | |
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Patronage Sant'Anna Hospital chapel, Como Died March 20, 1484, Duchy of Milan | ||
Michele Carcano (Michael de Carcanis de Mediolano) (Lomazzo, 1427- 20 March 1484) was an Italian Franciscan preacher. He is known for his part in founding the montes pietatis banking system, with Bernardine of Feltre, and for the marked anti-Semitism of his attacks on usury.
His sermons were later printed as Sermones quadragesimales fratris Michaelis de Mediolano de decem preceptis (1492). They include arguments in favour of religious art.
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