Saint Albert of Montecorvino

Memorial

• 5 April

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Taken to Pietra Montecorvino in Apulia, Italy as a child. Bishop. He became blind in later years, but was known to his visions, and as a miracle worker.

Born

• in Normandy (modern France)

Died

• 1127 at Pietra Montecorvino, Apulia, Italy

Patronage

• Pietra Montecorvino, Italy

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Comuni Italiani
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Albert of Montecorvino”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 April 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-albert-of-montecorvino/>