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Blessed Fazzio of Verona

Blessed Fazzio of Verona Also known as

Fazzio of Cremona
Facio
Facius
Fatius
Fazio
Fazius

18 January

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An accomplished goldsmith in Verona, Italy, his business opponents developed a vicious hatred for him. He moved to Cremona, Italy, where he worked and gave away his earnings to the poor. Pilgrim to Compostela, Spain, and to Rome, Italy. Returning to his native Verona, he was falsely accused by old opponents, arrested, tried and aquitted; he immediately returned to Cremona. Founded the Order of the Holy Spirit at Cremona, an Order charged with the care of pilgrims and the sick.