SAINT
saint-bartolo-da-san-gimignano
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Bartolo da San Gimignano was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Bartolo was born to nobles near Siena and fled home to become a priest to escape his father's wrath. He tended to poor people in the streets and used his income to provide alms to them and to alleviate their suffering while himself contracting a disease from working with the poor and succumbing to that same disease as a result.
feast Day
12-12
birth Date
1228
death Date
12 December 1300 (aged 72)
canonization Status
beatified
feast Month
12
feast Day Of Month
12

