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St. Vitalis of Assisi O.S.B. (Italian: San Vitale de Assisi) (1295 – May 31 1370) was an Italian hermit and monk. Born in Bastia Umbra Vitalis as a youth was licentious and immoral. However he attempted to expiate his sins by going on pilgrimage to various sanctuaries in Italy and Europe. When he returned to Umbria he became a Benedictine monk at Subiaco.Vitalis then spent the rest of his life in the hermitage of Santa Maria di Viole near Assisi in utter poverty.