Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Saints & hagiography Saints

Guarino, Saint

GUARINO, SANTO

Feast day: 6 February

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GUARINO, Saint. - Of the noble Guarini family, cardinal and bishop of Palestrina, b. ca. 1080 in Bologna, d. February 6, 1158 in Palestrina.

He entered the Augustinian Order around 1104 in the monastery of Mortara, and after 40 years of austere cloistered life he was named cardinal and bishop of Palestrina and consecrated by Pope Lucius II.

Because of his extraordinary life, immediately after his death he was declared a saint by the pontiff Alexander III. Feast day February 6.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Agostino da Pavia, Vita, in Acta SS. Februarii, I. ed. Antwerp 1658, pp. 914-16.

Tomaso Toschi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1210.

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Toschi, Tomaso. “Guarino, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1210. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/guarino-santo.

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Toschi, Tomaso. “Guarino, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1210. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/guarino-santo.

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  author    = {Toschi, Tomaso},
  title     = {Guarino, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1210},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/guarino-santo}
}

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