May 092010
![[Blessed Amatus Ronconi]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/blessed-amatus-ronconi/beati-amato-ronconi.jpg "jpg detail of an Italian holy card of Beati Amato Ronconi based on a painting and described as an effigy, date unknown, artist unknown, photographer unknown; swiped with permission from the Santini Imagini web site")
Also known as
- Amato Ronconi
Profile
Born to a wealthy family, Amatus was orphaned when very young and grew up in the home of his older brother Giacomo. Feeling a call to live according to the gospel, he devoted himself to caring for the poor and helping pilgrims. Constructed combination chapel and shelters for pilgrims. Made four pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Benedictine lay brother.
Born
- 1292 in Saludécio, Italy of natural causes
- interred in the chapel shelters he had built
- relics transferred to the Pieve di San Biagio in May 1330 after the chapel shelters were destroyed by fire
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Kirken i Norge
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Santini Imagini
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Amatus Ronconi”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 May 2010. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-amatus-ronconi/>