Walter, companion of Theobald of Vicenza
hermit and friend of Saint Theobald
Feast: 30 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Salaníca in the province of Vicenza, Saint Theobald, priest and hermit, who, born of the counts of Champagne in France, together with his friend Walter preferred to honours and riches the pilgrimages undertaken for Christ, poverty and solitude.
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 30 June as the friend of Saint Theobald who preferred pilgrimage for Christ, poverty and solitude to honours and riches.
- Roman Martyrology, 30 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R179eb3da — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.