Blessed Bertha de’Alberti of Cavriglia

Also known as

• Bertha de Bardi
• Bertha de’Alberti
• Bertha d’Alberti
• Bertha of Cavriglia

Memorial

• 24 March
• 6 April on some calendars

Profile

Daughter of Lothario di Ugo, Count of Vernio. Vallombrosan nun at the Saint Felicitas convent, Florence, Italy. Worked with Blessed Qualdo Galli. Abbess at the house in Cavriglia, Italy. Reforming abbess of the convent of Santa Maria de Cavriglia in Fiesole, Italy for ten years.

Born

• in Florence, Italy

Died

• Easter Sunday, 6 April 1163 at Fiesole, Italy of natural causes
• relics translated to the high altar of the church in Cavriglia, Italy in 1731

Patronage

• Montano, Italy
• Cavriglia, Italy

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Bertha de’Alberti of Cavriglia”. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 March 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-bertha-dealberti-of-cavriglia/>