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Giovanni da Salerno
Italian Dominican friar (1190-1242)
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Feast: 9 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1190
Died
1242
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Florence, Blessed Giovanni da Salerno, priest of the Order of Preachers, who founded the convent of Santa Maria Novella and fought courageously against the Patarine heretics.
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 9 August as a Dominican priest who founded the convent of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 9 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q20029195 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.