Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Saints & hagiography

Peter of Olaf (Petrus Olai)

PIETRO DI OLAF (PETRUS OLAI)

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Also known as: Peter of Alvastra; Latin: Petrus Olai de Alvastra

PETER OF OLAF (Petrus Olai). - Confessor of St. Bridget, Cistercian in the convent of Alvastra (v.) and therefore also called P. of Alvastra, died at Vadstena in 1390.

He was at Bridget's side in Rome around 1351 and in the last years of her life, assisting her in defining the conventual rules. He accompanied the Saint's remains to Sweden and returned to Italy, preparing (with her daughter St. Catherine) the canonization. He compiled a biography of Bridget and an account of her revelations, in collaboration with another monk of the same name.

Bibliography

BIBL.: K. B. Westman, Brigitastudien, I, Stockholm 1911, p. 15 ff.

Augusto Guidi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 1442.

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Guidi, Augusto. “Pietro di Olaf (Petrus Olai).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1442. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/pietro-di-olaf-petrus-olai.

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Guidi, Augusto. “Pietro di Olaf (Petrus Olai).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1442. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/pietro-di-olaf-petrus-olai.

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  author    = {Guidi, Augusto},
  title     = {Pietro di Olaf (Petrus Olai)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1442},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/pietro-di-olaf-petrus-olai}
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