Blessed Balduino of Rieti
Also known as
- Baldovino
- Baldwin
- Baudoin
- Baudouin
- 24 July (Cistercians)
- 21 August (city and diocese of Rieti, Italy; Bollandists)
- 15 July (Menologium Cisterciense)
- 2 August on some calendars
- 10 August on some calendars
- 11 August on some calendars
Profile
Born to a pious noble family, the son of Berardo X, Count of Marsi; his brother Rainaold became abbot of Montecassino Abbey, and created cardinal by Pope Innocent II in 1138. Benedictine Cistercian monk at Clairvaux Abbey. Spiritual student of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Abbot of San Matteo di Montecchio monastery on Lake Montecchio in 1130. Abbot of the Saint-Sauveur monastery in the diocese of Rieti, Italy.
Born
- 1140 of natural causes
- buried in the cathedral of Rieti, Italy
- some relics in the altar of the “delle Grazie” chapel of the cathedral
- skull housed in a silver reliquary bust depicting Blessed Baudoin that is one of several displayed at the high altar of the cathedral
- an Office with his history was approved by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1701
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Balduino of Rieti“. CatholicSaints.Info. 26 August 2017. Web. 7 March 2021. <>