Saint Homobonus

Also known as

• Homobonius
• Homobonus Tucingo
• Omobono
• Uomobuono

Memorial

• 13 November

Profile

Son of a well-to-do tailor and merchant. He became a tailor himself, and took over his father‘s business. Married layman. He believed that his ability to work was given to him by God so he could support the poor, and he devoted most of his profits, and some of his house space, to charity.

Born

• at Cremona, Lombardy, Italy

Died

• 13 November 1197 at Cremona, Italy of natural causes during Mass at Saint Edigio
• his head is preserved as a relic in the same church

Canonized

• 12 January 1199 by Pope Innocent III

Representation

• man with angels making clothing with him or for him
• merchant surrounded by beggars and sick people

Name Meaning

• good man (= bone home)

Patronage

• business people
• clothworkers
• cobblers
• merchants
• shoemakers
• tailors

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• For All The Saints
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Homobonus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 November 2010. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-homobonus/>