Giovanni da Perugia
Feast: 29 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Valencia in Spain, Blessed martyrs Giovanni da Perugia, priest, and Peter of Sassoferrato, religious, both of the Order of Minors, who, for having preached the faith among the Moors of Valencia, were beheaded by order of the king in the public square, receiving the palm of martyrdom.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 29 August as a Franciscan priest beheaded at Valencia for preaching the faith among the Moors.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Roman Martyrology, 29 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q18225920 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.