Galdino, Saint (GALDINO, SANTO) - Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. V, p. 1112

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

GALDINO, saint. - Archbishop of Milan (18 Apr. 1166–10 Apr. 1176). Of the Milanese family of the Valvarsi della Sala, he was chancellor and archdeacon of Milan under the archbishops Ribaldo (1134) and Oberto (1146). In 1161 he was obliged to abandon the city, besieged by Barbarossa. Created cardinal of S. Sabina in 1165, he succeeded Oberto the following year in the see of Milan (18 Apr. 1166) and became legate of Alessandro III for Lombardy.

He promoted the rebuilding of Milan and the foundation of Alessandria. At Bergamo and elsewhere he promised the removal of the schismatic bishops. He distinguished himself as a reformer of morals, in charity towards the poor, and in ardent preaching against the Cathars. Indeed, death overtook him in the pulpit of the church of S. Tecla. He is buried in the Duomo; Alessandro III canonized him, and his feast is celebrated on 18 Apr.

BIBL.: Vita e Galdiini, written by the monk Ilarione, a contemporary of the Saint, in Acta SS, Aprilia, II, ed. Venezia 1938, pp. 393–98; BBL, 483; F. Savio, Gli antichi vescovi d'Italia. La Lombardia, I: Milano, Firenze 1913, pp. 323–35 and index. Ireneo Daniele