Feastday: June 17
Death: 1160
Hermit and Benedictine monk. Born in Pisa, Italy, he led a dissolute life until undergoing a conversion after pilgrimages to Jerusalem. Returning home, he entered the Benedictine abbey of St. Andrew at Pisa where he lived as a conventual oblate. He died at the Pisan abbey of San Vito. Raynerius was credited with various miracles during his lifetime, earning the name "de Aqua" for his use of holy water in healing.
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