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John of La Verna
Italian Friar Minor
Feast: 9 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
John of Fermo joined the Franciscans at thirteen and was sent to La Verna, where St Francis had received the stigmata; he spent many years there in solitude, penance and contemplation, with ecstasies and visions.
In later years he preached across Italy, working wonders. He gave the last sacraments to his friend Jacopone of Todi. He died at La Verna on 10 August 1322, and many miracles followed at his tomb.
The miracles
Pope Leo XIII approved in 1880 the honour long paid to him as Blessed.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Franciscan contemplative of the mountain of the stigmata.
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.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed John of La Verna
- Wikidata Q3768471 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John of La Verna (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.