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Blessed Angelo da Pesche d’Isernia

28 August (Franciscan calendar)

Profile

Franciscan tertiary who worked as gardener and beggar for several Franciscan houses in southern Italy. Known for his personal piety, humility and deep prayer life, he was a much sought spiritual advisor. Reported to have levitated in ecstacy when hearing music that made him think of the heavenly choir.

Born

c.1400 in Pesche d’Isernia, Italy

1460 in the Franciscan monastery in Lucera, Foggia, Italy of natural causes
buried in Puglia, Italy

Additional Information

books
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

fonti in italiano
- Santi e Beati

nettsteder i norsk
- Den katolske kirke

MLA Citation

“Blessed Angelo da Pesche d’Isernia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 24 August 2015. Web. 20 January 2021. <>