Detail Of A Portrait Of Blessed Pietro Da Gubbio Date Unknown Signed With The Name Stephen

Blessed Pietro Of Gubbio

Also known as: Peter Ghisengi

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

23 March; 29 October (Augustinians; Diocese of Gubbio, Italy)

Born

Early 13th century in Gubbio, Umbria, Italy

Died

Between 1306 and 1322 in Gubbio, Umbria, Italy of natural causes; buried in the common grave of friars in the center of the choir area in the Augustinian church in Gubbio; legend says that one day soon after his burial, the monks were in the choir, sang the Te Deum, and heard a voice from the tomb that responded: Te Dominum confitemur! (Lord, we thank you!); the frightened brothers opened the tomb and found the body of Blessed Peter on his knees, looking up and hands crossed on his chest; relics still enshrined in the Augustinian church

Beatified

1874 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)

Biography

Blessed Pietro of Gubbio, also known as Peter Ghisengi, was born in the early 13th century in Gubbio, Umbria, Italy. He hailed from the Italian nobility and received his education in law at universities in Perugia, Italy, and Paris, France. Pietro quickly gained a reputation as a brilliant and honest lawyer, focusing his efforts on representing the marginalized and impoverished.