Giovanni Saziari

Blessed Giovanni Saziari (1327 - 21 April 1371) was an Italian Roman Catholic farmer from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino and was a professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order. Saziari was noted in his lifetime for his healing gifts and was known for remaining celibate and childless though married. Saziari's beatification received confirmation from Pope John Paul II on 9 December 1980 after his 'cultus' (or popular following and devotion) was approved. His feast is set each 21 April - the date of his death - and he is the patron of both Franciscan tertiaries and farmers.

Giovanni Saziari

Blessed Giovanni Saziari (1327 - 21 April 1371) was an Italian Roman Catholic farmer from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino and was a professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order. Saziari was noted in his lifetime for his healing gifts and was known for remaining celibate and childless though married. Saziari's beatification received confirmation from Pope John Paul II on 9 December 1980 after his 'cultus' (or popular following and devotion) was approved. His feast is set each 21 April - the date of his death - and he is the patron of both Franciscan tertiaries and farmers.