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

Beato Pietro de Gubbio

También conocido como: Peter Ghisengi

Beato

Post-Congregation

Día de Fiesta

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

Nacimiento

Early 13th century in Gubbio, Umbria, Italy

Fallecimiento

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

Beatificado

1874 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)

Biografía

Beato Pedro de Gubbio, también conocido como Pedro Ghisengi, nació a principios del siglo XIII en Gubbio, Umbria, Italia. Provenía de la nobleza italiana y recibió su educación en derecho en las universidades de Perugia, Italia, y París, Francia. Pedro rápidamente ganó fama como abogado brillante y honrado, dedicando sus esfuerzos a representar a los marginados y a los pobres.