Origin: Ravenna Historical identity: Italian; Ravenna and central Italian monastic world Affiliation: Benedictine tradition (OSB)
Life and work
Hermit, cardinal-bishop and advocate of ecclesiastical reform. His letters and monastic writings unite a strict contemplative ideal with repeated service to popes and troubled local churches.
Places and activities
Ravenna
1007-c. 1020
Grew up in poverty before receiving further education.
Years are historical biographical dates; an approximate label on a place record remains approximate.
Selected sourced locations; not a complete itinerary. All geographic coordinates are approximate.
Fonte Avellana hermit within the Benedictine tradition; avoid projecting later Camaldolese incorporation back onto his life.
Official modern biographical overview; not contemporary evidence for the saint's travels.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911. Biographical article.
Oxford University Press, 2011. Recommended reference; consult the relevant entry and its bibliography. Not treated as read evidence for individual seed claims.
Publisher catalogue for a primary-letter translation; full text may require library access.