Blessed Bartholomew Buonpedoni

Memorial

• 14 December

Profile

Lay servant to the Benedictines in Pisa, Italy. Franciscan tertiary. Ordained at age 30. Village priest at Peccioli, Italy. When he contracted leprosy he gave up parish,/a> life to spend his remaining twenty years ministering to the lepers of his region, assisted by his long-time friend Blessed Vivaldus.

Born

• San Geminiano, Italy

Died

• 1300 of natural causes

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Bartholomew Buonpedoni”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 December 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-bartholomew-buonpedoni/>