Detail Of An Early 18Th Century Portrait On Tile Of Blessed Gualter Artist Unknown Museu Nacional Do Azulejo Lisbon Portugal Photographed On 16 April 2022 By Yair Haklai Image

Blessed Gualter Of Guimarães

Also known as: Walter; Gualtiero

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

August 2

Died

June 1, 2

Beatified

Miracles were reported at his gravesite and popular devotion developed in the region as early as the latter 13th century

Religious Order

Franciscan

Biography

Blessed Gualter of Guimarães, also known as Walter or Gualtiero, was a spiritual student of Saint Francis of Assisi in the early 13th century. He was born in an unknown year and hailed from Guimarães, Portugal. Inspired by the teachings and example of Saint Francis, Gualter became one of the first Franciscan friars, joining the religious community at the Monte di Santa Catarina house near Urgezes, Portugal.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified0002-08-01 by Miracles were reported at his gravesite and popular devotion developed in the region as early as the latter 13th century; relics enshrined in a chapel dedicated to him in 1577; in 1577, Pope Gregory XIII decreed spritual graces are granted to the faithful who visit sites dedicated to him on 2 August; 15 April 1621 Pope Gregory XV granted new indulgences for the memorial of Blessed Gualter