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Wilfrido della Gherardesca
eighth-century saint from Pisa
SaintResearchedBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 15 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
601
Died
765
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Palazzolo in Tuscany, Saint Walfred, abbot, who, after fathering five children, decided to lead the monastic life together with his wife.
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 15 February as an abbot who, after fathering five children, took up the monastic life with his wife.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 15 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4019823 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Walfrid (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.