Blessed Humbert III of Savoy

Memorial

• 4 March

Profile

Son of Count Amadeus III of Savoy and Matilda of Vienna. Educated by Blessed Amadeus of Lausanne. Count of Savoy from age 13 when his father died. Married several times; widower several times. Joined the Carthusian monastery at Haute-Combe, but was obliged to resume political charge of the Savoy. Eventually assumed a Cistercian habit.

Born

• 1136 at Avigliana, Italy

Died

• 1189 at Chambéry, France

Beatified

• 1838 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Humbert III of Savoy”. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 March 2010. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-humbert-iii-of-savoy/>