The Feast Day of St John of God

Statue of St John of God, Guglia di Pio IX, Tiber Island

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March 8th is the Feast Day of St John of God.  

John of God was born João Duarte Cidade on March 8th 1495. A Portuguese soldier turned health-care worker in Spain,  he died exactly 55 years later on March 8th 1550.

Cidade was canonised by Pope Alexander VIII (r. 1689-91) on October 16th 1690. St John of God is the patron saint of hospital workers and patients. 

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A Statue of St John of God Crowns the Hospital of the Fatebenefratelli