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Pietro Gambacorta
BlessedResearchedCongregation of Poor Hermits of St. Jerome
Feast: 17 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1355
Died
1435
Beatified
5 December 1693
unverified
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Venice, Blessed Pietro Gambacorta, founder of the Order of Hermits of Saint Jerome, whose first followers were brigands he had converted.
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 17 June as the founder of the Hermits of Saint Jerome, whose first followers were converted brigands.
Connected on this site
- Nicola da Forca Palena Blessed“Nicola da Forca Palena (10 September 1349 – 1 October 1449) was an Italian member of the Third Order of Saint Francis and the co-founder of the Poor Hermits of Saint Jerome, along with Pietro Gambacorta.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3823036 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pietro Gambacorta (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.