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Galgano Guidotti
Italian saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 30 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1148
Died
1181
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near Monte Siepi in Tuscany, Saint Galgano Guidotti, hermit, who, having turned to God after a dissipated youth, spent the rest of his life in voluntary mortification of the body.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 30 November as a hermit who turned to God after a dissipated youth.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 30 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2706288 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Galgano Guidotti (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.