Simone Ballachi
Italian Roman Third Order Dominican
Feast: 5 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Simone Ballachi (1240 – 5 November 1319) was an Italian member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. Ballachi served as a former soldier in Rimini before renouncing that path in favor of the religious life where he became a gardener noted for his strict adherence to the rule of Saint Dominic.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Pius VII Servant of God“Ballachi's popular devotion received approval from Pope Pius VII on 14 March 1820 which allowed for him to approve the friar's beatification.” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q20030845 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Simone Ballachi (CC BY-SA)
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