Blessed Matthew of Albano
Profile
Canon of Rheims, France. Benedictine Cluniac monk at Saint-Martin-des-Champs in 1108. Prior of his house in 1117. Created cardinal bishop of Albano in 1125. Papal legate in France and Germany in 1128. Staunch supported of the Cluniac ideal. Close friend of Blessed Peter the Venerable.
- 1134 of natural causes
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- La fête des prénoms
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Matthew of Albano“. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 October 2013. Web. 7 March 2021. <>