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Detail Of A Painting Of Saint Gundisalvus Of Amarante By The Workshop Of The Cabrera Brothers With The Cooperation Of Antonio And Manuel Palacios C1839 Museo Histórico Dominico Santiago Chile

Detail Of A Painting Of Saint Gundisalvus Of Amarante By The Workshop Of The Cabrera Brothers With The Cooperation Of Antonio And Manuel Palacios C1839 Museo Histórico Dominico Santiago Chile

Blessed Gonzalo De Amarante

Also known as: Gonçalo; Gonzague; Gonzalès; Gonzalve; Gonzalvus; Gundisalvus

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

16 January; 10 January (Dominicans)

Born

1187 at Arriconha, Tagilde, Vizela, diocese of Braga, Portugal

Died

10 January 1259 at Amarante, Portugal of natural causes

Beatified

16 September 1561 by Pope Pius IV

Biography

Blessed Gonzalo De Amarante, also known as Gonçalo, Gonzague, Gonzalès, Gonzalve, Gonzalvus, and Gundisalvus, was born in 1187 in Arriconha, Tagilde, Vizela, in the diocese of Braga, Portugal. He came from a wealthy and high-ranking family, but upon his ordination, he selflessly transferred his great wealth to his nephews.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified1561-09-16 by 16 September 1561 by Pope Pius IV

Feast Days

January 16 January 10

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