Picture: José Luiz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Guido della Gherardesca
BlessedResearchedCamaldolese
Feast: 20 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1060
Died
1140
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
—
not yet
Who they were
At Castagneto in Tuscany, Blessed Guido della Gherardesca, hermit.
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 20 May as a hermit at Castagneto in Tuscany.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 20 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11924859 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.