Blessed Enrico Comentina
Also known as
- Enrico of Asti
- Henry…
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Born to the nobility. Papal auditor. Bishop of Negroponte. Papal legate in Asia Minor where he worked for the union of Greek and Latin Churches. Patriarch of Constantinople in 1339. Negotiated an alliance between King Hugh IV of Cyprus and the Knights Hospitaler against the Turks in 1342. Pope Clement VI appointed him papal legate in the crusade against Smyrna. Martyred while celebrating Mass.
- beheaded on 17 January 1345 in Smyrna, Turkey
- re-interred in the church of San Francesco in Asti, Italy in 1392
- during the transport, the urn containing his relics was miraculously saved from being lost in a storm; this led to him being known as a “saint of the water”, and his patronage when water needs to be controlled, either more or less
- re-interred under the altar in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Asti in 1801
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Enrico Comentina“. CatholicSaints.Info. 17 February 2024. Web. 20 April 2024. <>