A portrait of St. Sylvester Gozzolini
St. Sylvester Gozzolini
1177 – 1267
Feast
November 26 · XIII c.
Patron of
Sylvestrine Benedictines
Order
Founder / Benedictine
Italian Benedictine founder (1177-1267), of Osimo, canon-lawyer-turned-hermit who founded a reformed Benedictine congregation at Monte Fano (1231)—the Sylvestrines, marked by an austere observance and a distinctive Turkish-blue habit. Equipollent canonization 1598 by Clement VIII.
Life & Times
Born: 1177 · Died: 1267 · From: Italy.
Patronage
St. Sylvester Gozzolini is invoked as the patron of sylvestrine benedictines. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
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