Blessed Angelus de Scarpetti

Also known as

• Angelus of Borgo San Sepolcro
• Angelus of Sansepolcro

Memorial

• 15 February

Profile

Augustinian friar c.1254. Fellow student with Saint Nicholas of Tolentino. Missionary to England where he preached and built monasteries. Known as a miracle worker. He once intervened on behalf of a man condemned to death; the authorities ignored him, and executed the man; Angelus then promptly brought the man back to life.

Born

• at Borgo San Sepolcro (modern Sansepolcro), Italy

Died

• c.1306 at Borgo San Sepolcro (modern Sansepolcro), Italy

Beatified

• 27 July 1921 by Pope Benedict XV

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Angelus de Scarpetti”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 February 2010. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-angelus-de-scarpetti/>