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Vitalis of Assisi

Italian Roman Catholic saint

Summary

Italian Roman Catholic saint

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Saint
name	Vitalis of Assisi
honorific_suffix	OSB
image	[[File:Saintvitalis2017.jpg	frameless	]]
caption	Saint Vitalis of Assisi in Reliquary Box
birth_date	1295
birth_place	Bastia Umbra, Papal States
death_date
death_place	Assisi, Papal States
feast_day	31 May
venerated_in	Roman Catholic Church
(Diocese of Assisi)
patronage	patron against disorders of the bladder and genitals

(Diocese of Assisi) Vitalis of Assisi () (1295 – 31 May 1370) was an Italian hermit and monk.

Origin

Born in Bastia Umbra, Vitalis as a youth was licentious and immoral; however, he attempted to expiate his sins by going on pilgrimage to various sanctuaries in Italy and Europe. When he returned to Umbria, he became a Benedictine monk at Subiaco.

Life

Vitalis then spent the rest of his life in the hermitage of Santa Maria di Viole, near Assisi, in utter poverty. His one possession was an old container that he used to drink water from a nearby spring. His reputation for holiness soon spread after his death. He was known as a patron against sicknesses and diseases affecting the bladder and genitals.

Legacy

On 29 May 2011, a head preserved as a relic, allegedly that of Vitalis, was offered at auction with an estimate of €1,000 at Annesbrook House, Duleek, County Meath, Ireland. It was sold to Billy Jamieson for €3,500.

In November 2016, the relic was once again purchased by an antiquities and oddities collector, and permanently resides in a private gallery located in the Eastern United States.

This piece has been resold twice and now resides in a private collection in northern California

Notes

References

"Vitalis of Assisi". Catholic Online.
Nardi, Elisabetta. "San Vitale di Assisi". Santi e beati.
Reilly, Jerome. (23 May 2011). "Severed head of genital disease saint for sale in Ireland". Belfast Telegraph.
(23 October 2011). "'Headhunter' dies on day deal finalises".

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