Rainerius

Saint

Rainerius
Saint Rainerius by Cecco di Pietro
Bornc. 1115/1117
Diedc. 1160
Pisa, Italy
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Major shrineDuomo di Pisa
FeastJune 17
Attributesdepicted as a bearded hermit in a hairshirt holding a rosary; as a young pilgrim in a hairshirt carrying a banner with the Pisan cross; as being raised up by devils; or as dying in a hairshirt.
PatronagePisa; travellers

Rainerius (c. 1115/1117 – 1160) is the patron saint of Pisa and patron saint of travellers.[1] His feast day is June 17, his name may also be spelled Raynerius, Rainerius, Rainier, Raineri, Rainieri, Ranieri, Raniero, or Regnier.

  1. ^ André Vauchez (1993) The Laity in the Middle Ages: Religious Beliefs and Devotional Practices, Daniel E. Bornstein, ed., and Margery J. Schneider, trans. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press), 55.