Blessed Albert of Pontida

Memorial: 5 September
Profile: Soldier in the army of Bergamo, Italy. Severely wounded in battle; he made the common offer to enter religious life if he was healed. Albert recovered, made a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella, became a Benedictine monk, founded the abbey of Saint James in Pontida, served as its first abbot, and placed it under the supervision of Saint Hugh of Cluny.
Died: 1 May 1095
relics initially enshrined at Santa Maria Maggiore church in Bergamo, Italy
relics returned to the abbey in Pontida in 1928
Additional Information: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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