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

2 August (Franciscan martyrology); first weekend in August (city of Guimarães, Portugal; known as the Gualterianas Festivals); 15 April on some calendars

Died

30 June or 2 August (records vary) between 1236 and 1259 (records vary) in Guimarães, Portugal of natural causes; buried in the São Francisco de Guimarães convent; a chapel was built by the Brotherhood of Saint Gualter, and relics enshrined in it in 1577; the chapel was demolished during reconstruction of the convent church, and the relics were re-enshrined under its Descent from the Cross altar in 1742; at some point, the relics were placed in an statue used in processions, and were re-discovered in 2009

Beatified

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

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