blessed gerardo cagnoli (c. 1267 – 29 december 1342) was an italian roman catholic and professed religious from the order of friars minor. he looked after his ill mother after his father died and remained at her bedside until she died. it was following this that he embarked on a long pilgrimage south where he passed through rome and naples before settling in trapani and then on the slopes of mount etna for a long hermitage. he later entered the franciscans and served in two of their sicilian convents where he was known for having caused miracles in addition to his humble and simple childlike nature which people believed was one of the signs of his holiness.