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Detail Of A 19Th Century Print Of S Goncalo De Lagos Artist Unknown The Print Is In The Biblioteca Nacional De Portugal And The Image
Detail Of A 19Th Century Print Of S Goncalo De Lagos Artist Unknown The Print Is In The Biblioteca Nacional De Portugal And The Image

Blessed Gundisalvus Of Lagos

Also known as: Goncalo; Gonçalo; Gonsalvo; Gonzalo; Gundisalvo

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

15 October; 27 October (Diocese of Algarve; Patriarchate of Lisbon); 21 October (Augustinians); 14 October on some calendars

Born

C.1360 at Lagos, Algarve, southern Portugal

Died

15 October 1422 at the convent of Our Lady of Grace in Torres Vedres, diocese of Faro, Portugal of natural causes; relics interred in the church of the convent

Beatified

2 May 1778 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)

Biography

Blessed Gundisalvus of Lagos, also known as Gonçalo, Gonçalo, Gonsalvo, Gonzalo, and Gundisalvo, was born around 1360 in Lagos, Algarve, southern Portugal. He was the son of a fisherman, and at the young age of 20, he joined the Augustinian friars.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1778-05-02 by 2 May 1778 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmed)

Feast Days

October 15October 27October 21October 14

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