Jakob Griesinger was born around 1407 in
Swabia as the second child of Theodoric. Griesinger became a soldier in
Naples in 1432 after having stopped in Bologna and then going on a pilgrimage to
Rome in
Lent to visit the tombs of
Simon Peter and
Paul the Apostle - he enlisted due to not having enough funds to go back home. He soon became disillusioned with his life there and spent time as the private aid to a solicitor in
Capua from 1437 when he exited until 1441. He became a member of the
Order of Preachers in Bologna in 1441 after having visited the basilica there. He spent the remainder of his life working in the art of stained glass and painting images on church windows. He died on 11 October 1491 and was buried in the
Basilica of San Domenico. His remains were later relocated in 1965 in the same church to another chapel.
Beatification Griesinger's beatification received confirmation from
Pope Leo XII on 3 August 1825. ==References==