Berthold of Parma
Saint Berthold | |
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| Born | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 21 October |
Berthold (died 1111) was a
Berthold was born in Parma, Italy, to where his
Norman conquest of England
. He was putatively pledged to the monastery at the age of 12 years.
Berthold spent the majority of his life serving nuns in Parma, at the Benedictine Monastery of Sant'Alessandro.[2] As a young man, he made various pilgrimages, including to Rome, and to the burial spot of Saint Anthony of Vienne in Isere. Back in Parma, he helped in the monastery and with the infirm at their hospital. While a number of miracles were attributed to prayers or encounters with Berthold, he was never canononized.[3]
References
- ^ Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints Matthew Bunson, Stephen Bunson - 2003 - Page 166 "Berthold (d. 1111) Benedictine lay brother.
- ^ St. Berthold Catholic Online
- ^ Vita e Miracoli di Bertoldo, Oblato del Monastero delle Monache di Santo Alessandro di Parma Appreffo Giacomo Ardizzoni, Stampator Camer. 1624, Con licenza de Superiori. 1624.
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