Blessed Roger of Todi

Also known as

• Ruggiero da Todi

Memorial

• 14 January

Profile

Franciscan, receiving the habit from Saint Francis himself in 1236. Spiritual director of Blessed Philippa Mareria‘s community of Poor Clares at Rieti, Italy.

Died

• 5 January 1237 at Todi, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

• by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Roger of Todi”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-roger-of-todi/>