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Albert of Montecorvino
Italian Roman Catholic bishop and saint
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Feast: 5 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1031
Died
1127
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Montecorvino in Apulia, Saint Albert, bishop, who devoted his life to continual prayer to God and to the good of all the poor.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 5 April as a bishop of Montecorvino devoted to continual prayer and the good of all the poor.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 5 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3608656 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Albert of Montecorvino (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.