Feast August 7
Saint Albert of Trapani
Religious, patron of Trapani · Feast August 7
Biography
Albert of Trapani was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Carmelites. He practiced great austerities upon himself to make himself poor in the spirit of Jesus Christ and went out preaching and evangelizing; he was known for working and maintaining a positive relationship with Jews as well as for his powers of healing. The saint was likewise attributed for the 1301 lifting of the siege in Messina that could have seen hundreds die from starvation had it not been for his intervention.
Feast day
August 7
Patronage
- Trapani
- Carmelite schools
- Palermo
Birth date
Alberto degli Abati 1240
Death date
7 August 1307 (aged 67)
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
31 May 1476
Canonized by
Pope Sixtus IV
Feast month
8
Wikidata qid
Q1377970
Feast day of month
7
