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Orlando di Medici
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 15 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1330
Died
1386
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Busseto near Fidenza in Emilia, Blessed Roland de' Medici, anchorite, who lived in the highest spirit of penance amid the rugged and deserted places of the Alps, conversing with God alone.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 15 September as an anchorite who lived in penance in the wild places of the Alps.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 15 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1454087 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.