Giovanni Colombini
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This article is about the founder of the Congregation of Jesuati. For the Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period (c. 1700–1774), see Giovanni Colombini (painter).
Giovanni Colombini (c. 1304 – 31 July 1367) was an Italian merchant and founder of the Congregation of Jesuati (not to be confused with the Jesuits, the Society of Jesus, founded in the 16th century by Ignatius of Loyola).
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Blessed Giovanni Colombini | |
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Founder of the Gesuati | |
Born | c. 1304 Siena, Italy |
Died | 31 July 1367 (aged 63) Abbadia San Salvatore |
Honored in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 1583, Rome by Pope Gregory XIII |
Feast | 31 July |
Attributes | religious habit |
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