Detail Of A Portrait Of Blessed Clement Of Osimo Date And Artist Unknown

Blessed Clement Of Osimo

Also known as: Clemente

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

8 April; 19 May (Augustinians)

Born

1235 in Osimo or San Elpidio (sources vary), Italy

Died

8 April 1291 in Orvieto, Tuscany, Italy of natural causes; buried at the Augustinian house in Orvieto; by order of Pope Nicholas IV, the burial was delayed to allow all the flocks of mourners to pay their respects; some relics later sent to Osimo, Italy; some relics later sent to San Elpidio, Italy; all relics gathered and re-interred in the Saint Augustine church in Rome, Italy in the early 18th century; re-interred in the chapel in the Augustinian General Headquarters in Rome on 4 May 1970

Beatified

1761 by Pope Clement XIII (cultus confirmation)

Biography

Blessed Clement of Osimo, also known as Clemente, was born in 1235 in either Osimo or San Elpidio, Italy (sources vary). Little is known about his early life, but he dedicated himself to a life of faith and service to the Church as a priest.