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Saint Gerardo dei Tintori or Tintore (1134(?) – 6 June 1207) is a saint of the Catholic Church, joint patron saint (with Saint John the Baptist) of Monza in Italy, where he is particularly noted as the founder of a hospital. ==Biography== Gerardo's year of birth is not known with certainty: according to the Monza historian Bartolomeo Zucchi, it was 1134; according to others, 1135 or 1140. The name "Tintore" or "dei Tintori" ((ラテン語:de Tinctoribus)) means "dyer" or "of the dyers" and very probably refers to the occupation of his family, which was wealthy but not noble. After the death of his father, Gerardo used his inheritance to found a hospital for the aid of the poor and sick. The hospital was apparently established in Gerardo's own house, which stood on the left bank of the River Lambro, near the bridge now called "San Gerardino" and the church of the same name. The foundation of the hospital had certainly taken place by 1174. In this year Gerardo made an agreement with the authorities of the city of Monza and with the chapter of Monza Cathedral to define the legal and administrative status of the hospital: it was to depend formally on ecclesiastical authority, but in fact maintained substantial autonomy, while the municipal authority assumed the ''avvocazia'' (the protection of the hospital at law). The hospital services were provided by lay brothers, who lived together in the same way as monks but without taking religious vows. Gerardo himself was a lay brother and also held the post of "minister", or director of the hospital. As appears from later documents, he retained this post until his death on 6 June 1207. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerardo dei Tintori」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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