Feast March 23
Walter of Pontoise
Pope, patron of Prisoners · Feast March 23
Biography
Walter of Pontoise was a French abbot. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, the last saint to be canonized by an ecclesiastical authority other than the pope.
Feast day
March 23
Patronage
Prisoners
prisoners of war
vintners
invoked against job-related stress
Birth date
1030
Death date
Good Friday 1099
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
1153
Canonized by
Hugh de Boves, the Archbishop of Rouen
Feast month
3
Feast day of month
23