Saint Anselm of Nonantola

Also known as

• Anselm of Friuli

Memorial

• 3 March

Profile

Duke of Friuli, Italy. Brother-in-law of the Lombard King Aistulph. Career soldier. Cleric. Founded the abbeys in Fanano, Modena, Italy, and of Nonantola, Italy. Both included hospitals and hostels. Anselm became a Benedictine monk in Rome, Italy in 753. Abbot of the house at Nonantola, which grew to a thousand brothers under his leadership. Received permission from Pope Stephen III to transfer the body of Pope Saint Sylvester I to the house. Banished to Monte Cassino by King Desiderius, but restored by Charlemagne after seven years in exile.

Born

• at Forum Juhi, (modern Friuli), Italy

Died

• 803 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Nonantola, Italy

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Anselm of Nonantola“. Saints.SQPN.com. 2 March 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>