St Ranieri spent a wild and sinful youth as a wandering minstrel and musician, partying all night, sleeping by day if at all. One evening, while performing for a merry crowd in a castle, he met a holy man whose name has not come down to us. Ranieri felt drawn to the man, talked with him, and asked that the man pray for him. Whatever the man told him, Ranieri had a conversion experience, burned his fiddle, and gave up the life of a minstrel. During his time he visited all of the holy shrines and went on to become a preacher, expelling demons and performing miracles. he is the patron saint of travellers. he died in Pisa, Italy in 1160.

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