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Joachim Piccolomini
Italian Servite tertiary
BlessedResearchedServite Order
Feast: 16 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1258
Died
1306
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Siena, Blessed Joachim, religious of the Order of the Servants of Mary, who shone for singular devotion to the Blessed Virgin and fulfilled the precepts of Christ by taking upon himself the troubles of the poor.
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 16 April as a Servite religious of Siena devoted to Our Lady who took on himself the troubles of the poor.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2412722 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Joachim Piccolomini (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.