Category:Saint John Leonardi

Saint John Leonardi - Religious Founder Born: 1541 in Diecimo, City-state of Lucca, (now Lucca, Tuscany, Italy) Died: October 9, 1609, in Rome, Papal States Honored in: Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1861 by Pope Pius IX Canonized: 1938 by Pope Pius XI Major shrine: Santa Maria in Campitelli Feast: October 9 Patronage: pharmacists Founded: The Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca, Tuscany, and the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, and with J. Vivès the seminary of the Propagation of the Faith.

He is also known as (Italian: San Giovanni Leonardi) and (French:Saint Jean Leonardi).