Blessed Gandulphus Of Binasco
Also known as: Gandulphus Sacchi; Gandulphus of Polizzi Generosa; Gandulphus of Polizzo; Gandolf…; Gandolfo…; Gandulf…
Feast Day
3 April; formerly in 17 September; relics processed in Polizzi Generosa, Italy on the 3rd Sunday of September
Born
C.1200 at Binasco, Lombardy, Italy
Died
Holy Saturday 3 April 1260 at the San Nicolò Hospital in Polizzi Generosa, Sicily, Italy of natural causes; legend says that birds gathered to sing in the church where his body was laid out; relics enshrined in a wooden reliquary in Polizzi soon after his death; relics re-enshrined in a marble ark in 1482; relics re-enshrined and the requliqary covered in silver leaf in 1549
Beatified
10 March 1881 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmation)
Biography
Blessed Gandulphus of Binasco, also known as Gandulphus Sacchi, Gandulphus of Polizzi Generosa, Gandulphus of Polizzo, Gandolf, Gandolfo, and Gandulf, was born in Binasco, Lombardy, Italy around the year 1200. He was born into the noble Sacchi family, known for their wealth and influence.
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