Blessed Angelus of Gualdo Tadino
Also known as
- Angelo
- 15 January
- 6 February on some calendars
Profile
Born to a poor family. Benedictine. As a youth he walked barefoot to Compostela, northern Spain, became a Camaldolese lay-brother, and lived forty years as a hermit walled up in his cell. His life was distinguished by simplicity, innocence, gentleness.
Born
- c.1265 at Gualdo Tadino, Nocera, Italy
- 15 January 1325 of natural causes
- interred in the church of Saint Benedict in Gualdo Tadino, Italy
- relics transferred to a chapel in the local abbey church in 1343 by Blessed Alessandro Vincioli
- relics transferred to a new altar in the basilica of Saint Benedict on 16 April 1443
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Angelus of Gualdo Tadino“. CatholicSaints.Info. 2 May 2022. Web. 25 April 2024. <>