page_title: Pietro Pettinaio
hierarchical_section_title: Pietro Pettinaio
caption_attribution_description: English: Blessed Pier Pettinaio, bhy Pietro di Lorenzo Vecchieta (Siena, Museo di Arte Senese)
context_page_description: Blessed Pietro Pettinaio was an Italian Roman Catholic who worked as a comb-maker. He became a professed member of the Third Order of Saint Francis and was well known both for his trade and for his decision to remain in silence while living among the Franciscans. He became known for his charisma and for his care of both the poor and the ill and was honored as a saint during his lifetime by the people of Siena.
  He was beatified on 18 August 1802 after Pope Pius VII confirmed his "cultus" in Siena and in the surrounding cities.
context_section_description: Blessed Pietro Pettinaio (c. 1189 - 4 December 1289) was an Italian Roman Catholic who worked as a comb-maker. He became a professed member of the Third Order of Saint Francis and was well known both for  his trade and for his decision to remain in silence while living among the Franciscans. He became known for his charisma and for his care of both the poor and the ill and was honored as a saint during his lifetime by the people of Siena .
  He was beatified on 18 August 1802 after Pope Pius VII confirmed his "cultus" in Siena and in the surrounding cities.
caption: Portrait c. 1445.
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