Saint Anselm of Nonantola
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- 3 March
- Profile
- Duke of Friuli, Italy.
Brother-in-law of the Lombard King Aistulph.
Career soldier.
Founded the abbeys of Fanano, Modena, Italy, and of Nonantola, Italy.
Both included hospitals and hostels.
Became a Benedictine monk in Rome 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 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
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Online
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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