Saint Homobonus
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- Also known as
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Homobonius
Homobonus Tucingo
Omobono
Uomobuono
- Memorial
- 13 November
- Profile
- Son of a well-to-do tailor and merchant.
Tailor, taking over his father's business.
Married layman.
Believed his ability to work was given 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 in the church
- Name Meaning
- good man
- Canonized
- 12 January 1199 by Pope Innocent III
- Representation
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man with angels making clothing with him or for him
merchant surrounded by beggars and sick people
- Name Meaning
- good man (= bone home)
- Patronage
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business people
clothworkers
cobblers
merchants
shoemakers
tailors
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
For All The Saints
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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