Saint Baudolino
- Memorial
- 10 November
- Profile
- Born to the nobility.
Gave away all his wealth to the poor, and lived as a hermit in a hut on the banks of the River Tanaro.
Miracle worker with the gifts of clairvoyance and prophesy; wild animals were reported to come to his hut to hear him speak about God.
Tradition says that in 1174 he appeared on the walls of the city of Alessandria, putting a beseiging army to flight.
Many legends grew up around him, many of which turned him into a bishop or archbishop.
- Born
- c.700
- Died
- c.740 of natural causes;
interred at Villa del Foro, Italy;
relics moved to a Humiliati church in Alessandria, Italy when the towns were merged in 1168;
relics moved to the church of Saint Alessandro in 1803;
relics moved to the Saint Baudolino chapel in the Alessandria cathedral in 1810
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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city of Alessandria, Italy;
diocese of Alessandria, Italy
(both proclaimed in 1786)
- Representation
- bishop surrounded by animals
- Print References
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
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