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Luchesio Modestini

Tuscan saint and merchant

BlessedThird Order of Saint Francis

Feast: 28 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
1180
Died
1260
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
not yet

Who they were

Luchesius Modestini, TOSF (also Luchesio, Lucchese, Lucesio, Lucio, or Luchesius of Poggibonsi) (c. 1180 - 1260) is honored by tradition within the Franciscan Order as being, along with his wife, Buonadonna de' Segni, the first members of the Franciscan Order of Penance, most commonly referred to as the Third Order of St. Francis.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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