Blessed Gandulphus of Binasco

Also known as

• Gandulf Sacchi of Binasco
• Gandolf of Binasco
• Gandolfo of Binasco

Memorial

• 3 April

Profile

Franciscan while Saint Francis was still alive. Spent his life praying and preaching in Sicily. Hermit.

Born

• at Binasco, Lombardy, Italy

Died

• 3 April 1260 at Polizzi Generosa, Sicily, Italy of natural causes
• legend says that the birds gathered to sing in church where his body was laid out

Beatified

• 10 March 1881 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Gandulphus of Binasco”. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 April 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-gandulphus-of-binasco/>