Post Views: 1,780 St. Ignatius Laconi was originally born Vincenzo Peis on 10 December 1701 in Sardinia as one of seven children to the poor peasants Mattia Peis Cadello and Anna Maria Sanna Casu. He was baptized as Francesco Ignazio Vincenzo since he was born out of a difficult pregnancy in which her mother invoked … Continue reading Saint of the day: St. Ignatius Laconi, Patron of Beggars and Students