Saint Francis de Geronimo also called Frances di Girolamo or – Hieronymo or Francis Jerome (17 December 1642 in Grottaglie Apulia Italy; † 11 May 1716 in Naples) was a Jesuit priest and missionary who was canonized by Gregory XVI in 1839. He wrote the hymn Diu vi Salvi Regina which later was adopted as the national anthem of a briefly independent Corsica in 1735.
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