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The Blessed John of Vercelli O.P. (c. 1205 – 30 November 1283) was the sixth Master General of the Dominican Order.John was born in 1205 to the Garbella family in Mosso Santa Maria in the Province of Biella in the Piedmont region of Italy. He did his initial studies in Paris and then studied canon law in Paris Pavia and Vercelli before he joined the Dominican friars during the 1240s. In 1254 he was appointed as the prior of the Dominican monastery in Bologna.

birth date
1205-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Mosso Piedmont, Province of Biella
death date
1283-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1283-11-30
death place
Montpellier
title
Master General of the Order of Preachers
venerated in
Dominican Order, Catholic Church

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