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Blessed Guillermo Giraldi

detail of an antique Italian holy card of Blessed Guillermo Giraldi by Bertoni, date unknown; swiped from Santi e Beati Memorial

6 March (Mercedarians)

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Mercedarian friar. Prior of the Mercedarian convent in Barcelona, Spain. Made two trips to north Africa to ransom Christians enslaved by Muslims, and brought 453 of them home.

in Barcelona, Spain of natural causes

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

fonti in italiano
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Blessed Guillermo Giraldi“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 March 2017. Web. 26 January 2021. <>