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Also known as

• Guy of Cortona
• Guido…

Memorial

• 12 June
• 16 June on some calendars
• 17 June on some calendars

Profile

Wealthy layman known for his charity to the poor. After hearing a sermon by Saint Francis of Assisi, he gave away the rest of his riches and became a Franciscan tertiary, received into the order by Saint Francis himself in 1211. Priest. Hermit near Cortona, Italy living in a cell on a bridge. Miracle worker.

Born

• c.1185 at Cortona, Italy

Died

• 1245 at the Franciscan convent at Cortona, Italy of natural causes
• on his death-bed he had a vision of Saint Francis coming to lead him to the next life

Beatified

• 1583 by Pope Gregory XIII (cultus confirmation)

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Guy Vignotelli“. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 September 2022. Web. 23 April 2024. <>