- Galgano Guidotti
Saint Galgano (true name: Galgano Guidotti; 1148 –
December 3 1181 ? but see below) is a Catholic saint fromTuscany .He was born in
Chiusdino , in the modernprovince of Siena ,Italy , from Guidotto and Dionigia. His alleged date of death isdecember 3 1181 , now celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church, but other scholars assign it toNovember 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.To show his will to change his life he put his sword inside a stone at top of Montesiepi, thus changing the sword into a cross.The Sword in the stone of San Galgano can still be seen at the Rotonda at Montesiepi, near the ruins of San Galgano Abbey
External links
* [http://www.castellitoscani.com/sangalgano.htm website with information about San Galgano Abbey]
* [http://www.sangalgano.org Very informative website about the Abbey of San Galgano, history, pictures, info, map, accommodation and lots more]Help
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