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Simon of Cascia
Italian friar
Feast: 2 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Simon Fidati of Cascia joined the Augustinian Hermits young and was a model of monastic virtue and learning. His preaching at Perugia, Bologna, Siena and Florence bore much fruit.
He was especially successful among fallen women, founding a house of penance for them and a convent in Florence. He died at Florence on 2 February 1348.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A preacher who brought fallen women back to God.
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 Simon of Cascia
- Wikidata Q2384461 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Simon of Cascia (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.