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|SaintName=Blessed John Licci, O.P.
|SaintName=Blessed John Licci, O.P.
|SaintStage=Blessed
|SaintStage=Blessed
|SaintBirthDate=
|FeastDay=November 14
|SaintBirthPlace=Corleone, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily (now Italy)
|SaintBirthPlace=Corleone, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily (now Italy)
|SaintBirthCoordinates=37.9500, 13.3000
|SaintBirthCoordinates=37.9500, 13.3000
|SaintDeathDate=11-14-1511
|DeathPlace=Caccamo, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily (now Italy)
|DeathPlace=Caccamo, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily (now Italy)
|SaintDeathCoordinates=38.0000, 13.4500
|SaintDeathCoordinates=38.0000, 13.4500
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|NotableLabel2=Birthplace parish
|NotableLabel2=Birthplace parish
|NotableCoordinates2=37.9500, 13.3000
|NotableCoordinates2=37.9500, 13.3000
|BeatificationDate=08-09-1928
|AssociatedCountries=Italy
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Palermo]]
|BeatificationDate=1928-09-08
|Beatifier=Pope Benedict XV
|Beatifier=Pope Benedict XV
|BeatificationLocation=Rome, Italy
|BeatificationLocation=Rome, Italy
|Canonized=No
|Canonized=No
|CanonizationDate=
|Canonizer=
|CanonizationLocation=
|SaintMiracle1=Carrying a heavy beam alone that 20 men could not lift
|SaintMiracle1=Carrying a heavy beam alone that 20 men could not lift
|SaintMiracle2=Multiplication of bread to feed a widow and her children for years
|SaintMiracle2=Multiplication of bread to feed a widow and her children for years
|SaintMiracle3=Healing of crushed heads in accidents
|SaintMiracle3=Healing of crushed heads in accidents
|FeastDay=November 14
|Profession=priest
|Profession=priest
|ReligiousAffiliation=Dominican Order
|ReligiousAffiliation=Dominican Order
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|Attributes=Dominican habit; beam of wood; loaf of bread
|Attributes=Dominican habit; beam of wood; loaf of bread
|PrimaryShrine=Convent of Saint Zita, Caccamo, Italy
|PrimaryShrine=Convent of Saint Zita, Caccamo, Italy
|AdditionalVeneration=
|AssociatedCountries=Italy
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Palermo]]
|ReviewLevel=0
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'''Blessed John Licci, O.P.''' (c. 1400 – 14 November 1511), also known as '''Blessed John Liccio''', was an Italian Dominican friar renowned for his miracles and longevity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Liccio |title=Giovanni Liccio |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to historical records and Dominican hagiographies, Licci was born to a poor peasant farmer near Palermo, Sicily, orphaned young when his mother died in childbirth, and raised by his father who fed him on bread and water, fostering his early piety.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/blessed-john-licci-655 |title=Blessed John Licci |publisher=Catholic News Agency |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Entering the Dominican Order around 1420, he served as a priest in Corleone and Caccamo, founding the Convent of Saint Zita in Caccamo through miraculous means, and lived to 111 years, his life marked by over 100 attributed miracles, including healings and provisions.
'''Blessed John Licci, O.P.''' (c. 1400 – 14 November 1511), also known as '''Blessed John Liccio''', was an Italian Dominican friar renowned for his miracles and longevity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Liccio |title=Giovanni Liccio |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to historical records and Dominican hagiographies, Licci was born to a poor peasant farmer near Palermo, Sicily, orphaned young when his mother died in childbirth, and raised by his father who fed him on bread and water, fostering his early piety.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/blessed-john-licci-655 |title=Blessed John Licci |publisher=Catholic News Agency |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Entering the Dominican Order around 1420, he served as a priest in Corleone and Caccamo, founding the Convent of Saint Zita in Caccamo through miraculous means, and lived to 111 years, his life marked by over 100 attributed miracles, including healings and provisions.