Landulf of Yariglia
Saint Landulf | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Asti | |
| Died | 1134 Asti, Italy |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 7 June |
The beatus Landulf of Yariglia (Italian: Beato Landolfo da Vareglate[1]) was Benedictine Bishop of Asti, Italy.[2]
He was born in the latter part of the eleventh century at ‘Vareglate’, which has been identified with the village of Vergiate to the north of Milan, and also with Variglié, a locality near Asti. He studied at the Benedictine monastery of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia, but did not become a monk.[3]
Having been ordained a priest his career took him to Milan where, in 1100, he joined Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan for the Crusade of 1101. He was elected Bishop of Asti in 1105.[4]
Notes
- ^ Also identified as S. Landolfo II di Vanigliate o Varigliè, by Lorenzo Gentile in his Storia della Chiesa di Ast (1934) (extract).
- ^ St. Landulf of Yariglia Catholic Online
- ^ See Maria Margherita Roggia, ‘Beato Landolfo da Vareglate’, santiebeati.it, 2002. The monastery is adjacent to the Basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro.
- ^ Roggia, 2002.
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