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Gerardo Cagnoli
BlessedResearchedFranciscans
Feast: 29 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1267
Died
1343
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Palermo, Blessed Gerardo Cagnoli, religious of the Order of Minors, who had previously led a hermit's life for a long time.
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 29 December as a Franciscan religious of Palermo who had long lived as a hermit.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q61413636 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gerardo Cagnoli (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.