Picturesongold.Com Saint Homobonus Religious Medal Necklace Pendants - 2/3 in Size of Dime, Sterling Silver

CHAIN IS NOT INCLUDED PicturesOnGold.com Available in Solid Religious 14K Yellow Gold or White Gold, or in Sterling Silver Saint Homo bonus (Italian: Santo German: Sankt Gutman) is the patron saint of business people, tailors, shoemakers, and clothworkers, as well as of Cremona, Italy. He was canonized in 1199 at the urgent request of the citizens of Cremona. He died on November 13, 1197 and his feast day is celebrated on November 13. He was a merchant from Cremona, northern Italy. Born Omobono he was a married layman who believed that God had allowed him to work in order that he would be able to support people that were living in a state of poverty. His name is derived from the Latin homo bonus ("good man"). Homo bonus was able to pursue this calling in life easily as a result of the inheritance he received from his father, a prosperous tailor and merchant. He practiced his business at Cremona with scrupulous honesty. He also donated a large proportion of his profits to the relief of the poor. Homo bonus was a frequent church attendee that would partake in the Eucharist everyday. While attending mass, prostrated in the form of a cross, on November 13, 1197, Homobonus died. Two years later Homo bonus was canonized by Pope Innocent III. During Homo bonus canonization Pope Innocent III said that Homo bonus was a "father of the poor", "consoler of the afflicted", "assiduous in constant prayer", "man of peace and peacemaker", "a man good in name and deed", "this saint, is still like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in our time." The church of in Rome is dedicated to him.