Blessed Giovanni Da Vespignano

Also known as: John of Vespignano

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

4-Jul

Born

1235 in Aia Santa, Vespignano (in modern Vicchio), diocese of Florence, Italy

Died

1331 of natural causes; buried in the church of the monastery of San Pier Maggiore, Florence, Italy; relics later enshrined in a glass case behind the great altar of San Pier Maggiore

Beatified

By Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed)

Biography

Blessed Giovanni Da Vespignano, also known as John of Vespignano, was born in 1235 in Aia Santa, Vespignano, which is located in the modern Vicchio region of the diocese of Florence, Italy. Born into a wealthy noble family, Giovanni felt a strong calling to the religious life from a young age. In an act of renunciation, he willingly relinquished his claim to his family's wealth and dedicated himself to a life of simplicity and service to others.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

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