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![[Saint Aldebrandus of Fossombrone]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintajn.jpg "54kb jpg image of Saint Aldebrandus of Fossombrone; detail from an Italian holy card; swiped off the Kirken i Norge web site")
Also known as
- Aldebrand of Fossombrone
- Aldebrando of Fossombrone
- Hildebrand of Fossombrone
Profile
Studied at Santa Maria de Porto near Ravenna, Italy. Priest. Prior of the monastery of Rimini, Italy. Known for his bold preaching against sinful lives, which put him afoul of some local authorities; he once had to flee from death threats. Bishop of Fossombrone, Italy in 1170. Built the cathedral there. Once when in bed with an illness, he was brought a cooked partridge; it happened to be a day of fasting, so Aldebrandus prayed over the cooked bird which returned to life and flew away.
Born
- 30 April 1219 in Fossombrone, Italy of natural causes
- interred on 1 May 1219 in the Fossombrone cathedral
- bishop in his epsicopal robes holding the cathedral he built
- old, ill bishop in bed raising to life a cooked partridge
- young priest who is preaching to a crowd, which is sometimes portrayed as angry
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Katherine Rabenstein
- Kirken i Norge
- Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Aldebrandus of Fossombrone“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 June 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>
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