Bl. John Cacciafronte
Blessed John Sordi
Feast day: March 16
Born in Cremona, Italy;
Died in Vicenza, Italy, 1183
Bishop and martyr.
Born in Cremona, Italy; died in Vicenza, Italy, 1183. John joined the abbey of Saint Lawrence in Cremona and became abbot in 1155. He is described as most loyal to and gentle with his monks. He sided with the pope against the emperor Barbarossa, by whom he was banished from his abbey.
Thereafter, he was forced to live as a hermit near Mantua until, in 1174, he was raised to the episcopacy of that city upon the deposition of the incumbent by the pope. Three years later the former bishop repented and Blessed John asked permission to resign in his favor. He was transferred to Vicenza in 1177, where he was killed by a man whom he had rebuked for embezzling episcopal revenues
Blessed John Sordi
Feast day: March 16
Born in Cremona, Italy;
Died in Vicenza, Italy, 1183
Bishop and martyr.
Born in Cremona, Italy; died in Vicenza, Italy, 1183. John joined the abbey of Saint Lawrence in Cremona and became abbot in 1155. He is described as most loyal to and gentle with his monks. He sided with the pope against the emperor Barbarossa, by whom he was banished from his abbey.
Thereafter, he was forced to live as a hermit near Mantua until, in 1174, he was raised to the episcopacy of that city upon the deposition of the incumbent by the pope. Three years later the former bishop repented and Blessed John asked permission to resign in his favor. He was transferred to Vicenza in 1177, where he was killed by a man whom he had rebuked for embezzling episcopal revenues
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