Feastday: January 18
Death: 1272
Pilgrim and founder, also called Facius, Fatius, and Fazius. He was born in Verona, Italy, in 1190 and became a goldsmith. Fazzio made pilgrimages to Compostela, Spain, and Rome. He founded the Order of the Holy Spirit at Cremona, a charitable group for the care of pilgrims and the sick.
Blessed Facio of Cremona, painting of a Cremonese author, ca. 1550
Fazzio (Fatius, Fazius, Facius) of Verona (1190–1272) was an Italian saint. A native of Verona, he was a goldsmith who founded a charitable society in Cremona which worked with pilgrims and the sick. It was called the Order of the Holy Spirit. He made pilgrimages on foot to Rome and to Santiago de Compostella.
An artist with the last name Fazzio painted album covers for Crown Records during the 1950s.
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