St. Guy of Pomposa
Mar 31
Patron Saint of Speyer, Germany
Guy was born near Ravenna in northern Italy to parents who took great pride in him. Primarily to give them pleasure, he was meticulous in his dress and personal appearance.
Still, one day during a festival, realizing the vanity of this way of being, and taken with deep compunction, he stripped himself of his fine garments and gave them all away to the poor.
To his parents’ further mortification, their son donned shabby garments and departed for Rome, where he received the tonsure.