Blessed Ventura of Spello

Also known as

• Ventura Spellucci

Memorial

• 30 April

Profile

Born wealthy. Joined the Benedictine Italian Cruciferi. Built an abbey and hospital on his family estate near Assisi, Italy, and served as its abbot the rest of his life.

Born

• Spello, Italy

Died

• c.1265 of natural causes
• buried at his abbey church in Spello, Italy
• relics re-enshrined in 1625
• relics re-enshrined in 1778

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by Terri Morgan
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Ventura of Spello“. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 April 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>