Blessed Peter Gambacorta
Also known as
- Peter of Pisa
Profile
Son of a government official and brother of Blessed Clara Gambacorta. At age 25, after a mis-spent youth and life at court, he left the world to become a beggar and hermit on Montebello in Umbria, Italy. Converted a band of thieves and bandits not just to Christianity but to religious life; he founded the Hermits of Saint Jerome with them. They were an ascetic group, observing fasts several days a week and a Lent each season of they year; the group soon built a church with hermit cells around it where they were all known for their piety and Peter as a miracle worker.
Born
- 15 February 1355 in Pisa, Italy
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Peter Gambacorta“. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 April 2023. Web. 24 April 2024. <>