Blessed Agostino Novello Join me today to meet a Blessed who was one of the most famous men of his time before vanishing without a trace. The Manly Saints Project | Hugh Hunter | Substack Augustine of …More
Blessed Agostino Novello
Join me today to meet a Blessed who was one of the most famous men of his time before vanishing without a trace. The Manly Saints Project | Hugh Hunter | Substack
Augustine of Tarano
Matthew of Taormina
Matteo de’ Termini
Memorial
19 May
Profile
Graduated a Doctor of law in Bologna, Italy and stayed to teach. Held assorted offices in civil government. Chancellor to King Manfred of Sicily. Soldier. Badly injured and left for dead on the battlefield at Benevento, Italy during Manfred’s war with Charles of Anjou. When recovered, he became a lay brother with the Augustinian friars, taking the name Augustine Novello. He was content to remain in that position, but when his superiors discovered his education and experience, they ordered him ordained a bishop. He helped draft new constitutions for the Order, and was made prior-general. Papal confessor and papal legate. In 1300 he retired from the world to live as a hermit near Siena, Italy.
Born
at Taormina, Sicily as Matthew of Taormina
Died
1309 at San Leonardo, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
1759 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed)
Patronage
in Italy
Taormina
Termini Imerese
Representation
monk holding an icon of the Holy Face
bishop holding an icon of the Holy Face
Augustinian friar with a book listening to the whisperings of an angel
performing miracles
cake topped with a paper angel
Agostino Novello - Wikipedia
Join me today to meet a Blessed who was one of the most famous men of his time before vanishing without a trace. The Manly Saints Project | Hugh Hunter | Substack
Augustine of Tarano
Matthew of Taormina
Matteo de’ Termini
Memorial
19 May
Profile
Graduated a Doctor of law in Bologna, Italy and stayed to teach. Held assorted offices in civil government. Chancellor to King Manfred of Sicily. Soldier. Badly injured and left for dead on the battlefield at Benevento, Italy during Manfred’s war with Charles of Anjou. When recovered, he became a lay brother with the Augustinian friars, taking the name Augustine Novello. He was content to remain in that position, but when his superiors discovered his education and experience, they ordered him ordained a bishop. He helped draft new constitutions for the Order, and was made prior-general. Papal confessor and papal legate. In 1300 he retired from the world to live as a hermit near Siena, Italy.
Born
at Taormina, Sicily as Matthew of Taormina
Died
1309 at San Leonardo, Italy of natural causes
Beatified
1759 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmed)
Patronage
in Italy
Taormina
Termini Imerese
Representation
monk holding an icon of the Holy Face
bishop holding an icon of the Holy Face
Augustinian friar with a book listening to the whisperings of an angel
performing miracles
cake topped with a paper angel
Agostino Novello - Wikipedia