At Passignano in Tuscany, Saint John Gualbert, abbot, who, a Florentine soldier, spared his brother’s murderer for the love of Christ, then received the monastic habit; but, eager to lead a stricter life, he laid the foundations of a new monastic family at Vallombrosa.
July 12th
Saint John Gualbert
Latin Original
Passiniáni in Etrüria, sancti Ioánnis Gualbérti, abbátis, qui miles florentínus interfectóri fratris ob Christi amórem pepércit, dein hábitum monásticum recépit, sed, arctiórem vitam ducéndi studiósus, 1n Valle Umbrósa novz famílize monásticze fundaménta iecit.