Saint John Buonagiunta Monetti
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- Also known as
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John Buonagiunta
John Bonaiuncta
- Memorial
- 17 February
- Profile
- One of the Seven Founders of Servants of Mary.
The youngest of the Founders.
Elected as the second prior-general of the Servites in 1256.
- Died
- 1256 of natural causes while sitting in chapel listening to the Gospel account of the Passion.
- Name Meaning
- God is gracious; gift of God (John)
- Canonized
- 1887 by Pope Leo XIII
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