Blessed Constabilis of Cava

Also known as

• Constabile
• Costabile

Memorial

• 17 February

Profile

Benedictine monk under Saint Leo at Cava monastery, Salerno, Italy. Abbot of Cava in 1122. Built the town of Castelabbate around the monastery.

Born

• 1060 at Lucania, Italy

Died

• 1124 of natural causes
• buried in the church overhanging the grotto of Arsicia

Beatified

• 21 December 1893 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

• Castelabbate, Italy
• sailors

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Constabilis of Cava”. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 December 2012. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-constabilis-of-cava/>