Galgano Guidotti
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Saint Galgano (true name: Galgano Guidotti; 1148 – December 3, 1181? but see below) is a Catholic saint from Tuscany.
He was born in Chiusdino, in the modern province of Siena, Italy, from Guidotto and Dionigia. His alleged date of death is December 3, 1181, now celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church, but other scholars assign it to November 30, 1180.
Galgano led a ruthless life in his early years, but later abandoned it in favour of a pious hermitage in the place now known as Rotonda di Montesiepi.
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