Saint Stephen of Rieti

Memorial

• 13 February

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Abbot at Rieti, Italy. Pope Saint Gregory the Great describes him as “rude of speech, but cultured of life”. Stephen devoted himself almost wholly to prayer, and was known for his concern with the spiritual lives even of those who wronged him.

Died

• c.590 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Stephen of Rieti“. Saints.SQPN.com. 12 February 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>