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John of Tufara

John of Tufara (Italian: Giovanni da Tufara) also known as John the Hermit (Italian: Giovanni Eremita; 1084 – 14 November 1170) was an Italian hermit, monastery founder, and saint in the Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of his birth town Tufara and of Foiano di Val Fortore where he died.[1]


John of Tufara
Statue of John of Tufara in the church of San Giovanni Eremita a Gualdo Mazzocca
Eremite
Born1084
Tufara, Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
(located in modern Italy)
Died14 November 1170
Foiano di Val Fortore, Kingdom of Sicily
Venerated inCatholic Church
Canonized28 August 1221
Feast14 November
Patronage
  • Foiano di Val Fortore
  • Tufara
  1. ^ "Comune di Foiano di Val Fortore" [Commune of Foiano di Val Fortore] (in Italian). Comuni di Italia. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

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