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Gerardesca of Pisa
BlessedResearchedRepublic of PisaCamaldolese
Feast: 29 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1200
Died
1269
Beatified
1850
unverified
Canonised
—
not yet
Who they were
At Pisa, Blessed Gerardesca, widow, who spent her life in a cell beside the Camaldolese monastery of San Savino, devoted to the praise of God and to intimacy with the Lord.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 29 May as a widow who lived in a cell beside the Camaldolese monastery of San Savino in prayer.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q19844464 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.