Bernardino of Siena

Saint Bernardino of Siena OFM
Priest, Confessor, Apostle of Italy
Born	8 September 1380 Massa Marittima, Republic of Siena, Holy Roman Empire
Died	20 May 1444(1444-05-20) (aged 63) Aquila, Kingdom of Naples, Holy Roman Empire
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	24 November 1449
Canonized	24 May 1450, Rome, Papal States by Pope Nicholas V
Feast	20 May
Attributes	Tablet with IHS; three mitres representing the bishoprics which he refused
Patronage	Advertisers; advertising; Aquila, Italy; chest problems; Italy; Diocese of San Bernardino, California; gambling addicts; public relations personnel; public relations work; Bernalda, Italy; San Bernardino, Switzerland

Bernardino of Siena, OFM (Bernardine or Bernadine;^[1][2] 8 September 1380 – 20 May 1444), was an Italian Catholic priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in Italy. He was a systematizer of scholastic economics.

His preaching, his book burnings, and his "bonfires of the vanities" established his reputation in his own lifetime; they were frequently directed against gambling, infanticide, sorcery/witchcraft, sodomy (chiefly among homosexual males), Jews, Romani "Gypsies", usury, and the like.

Bernardino was canonised by Pope Nicholas V in 1450 and is referred to as "the Apostle of Italy" for his efforts to revive the country's Catholicism during the 15th century.^[3]