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Size Reference: 17mm is the size of a US dime 21mm is the size of a US nickel
24mm is the size of a US quarter Saint Homobonus (Italian: SantOmobono, 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 Tucenghi, 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"). Homobonus 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. Homobonus 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 Homobonus was
canonized by Pope Innocent III. During Homobonuss canonization Pope Innocent
III said that Homobonus 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 SantOmobono in Rome is dedicated to him.
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