Saint Ubaldus Baldassini

Also known as: Ubaldo
Ubald of Gubbio
Memorial: 16 May
Profile: Dean of the cathedral in his home town. Induced the canons of the chapter to live a common life together under the rule given by Peter degli Onesti. Wanted to be a hermit, but was advised against it, and in 1128 he accepted the bishopric of Gubbio. Patient, gentle, and brave. Disarmed the tyrannical Frederick Barbarossa. His shrine is a place of pilgrimage.
Born: at Gubbio near Ancona, Umbria, Italy
Died: 1160 at Gubbio near Ancona, Umbria, Italy
Canonized: 1192 by Pope Celestine III
Representation: bishop giving a blessing as angels carry his crozier
bishop delivering a blessing while a devil flees from it
Patronage: against demoniac possession
against migraine
against neuralgia
Gubbio, Italy
sick children
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