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St Bartolus, the patron saint offering protection from infectious diseases, came from the vicinity of San Gimignano and was also depicted here for that reason. He was born in San Gimignano in 1228 and lived as a member of the Third Order of Franciscans in the monastery of San Vito in Pisa. Himself a leper, for 20 years he ran the leper home in Cellole near San Gimignano, where he died in 1300.
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