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Gonçalo de Amarante

Portuguese Roman Catholic saint

BlessedKingdom of PortugalDominican Order

Feast: 10 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
1187
Died
1259
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
not yet

Who they were

Gundisalvus of Amarante, OP (Portuguese: Gonçalo de Amarante; 1187 – 10 January 1259) was a Portuguese Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers. He joined the order as a hermit after his return from a long pilgrimage that took him to both Rome and Jerusalem. Pope Pius IV beatified him in 1561.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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