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Albert of Genoa

hermit

SaintCisterciansPre-congregation

Feast: 8 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

1090

Died

1180

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Albert of Genoa, also known as Lambert of Genoa, was a Cistercian hermit. Born in Genoa, Italy, Albert entered the Cistercian abbey nearby. There he remained for the rest of his life as a lay brother and a hermit.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

Wikidata Q3608662 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Albert of Genoa (CC BY-SA)

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