Blessed Balduino of Rieti

detail of a silver reliquary bust of Blessed Baudoin of Rieti containing his skull; date and aritst unknown; cathedral of Rieti, Italy; swiped from Santi e Beati Also known as

Baldovino
Baldwin
Baudoin
Baudouin

Memorial

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

Italy

Died

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