Blessed Torello of Poppi,
Feast day: March 16
Born in Poppi, Tuscany, Italy, in 1201;
Died 1281;
cultus confirmed by Benedict XIV.
Although Saint Torello led a dissolute life in bad company, he experienced a sudden conversion. After repenting he received the habit of a recluse from the Vallumbrosan abbot of San Fedele. He lived as an austere recluse, walled up in his cell near Poppi, for 60 years. Both Vallumbrosans and Franciscans claim him. It seems certain that he was, at any rate, a Vallumbrosan oblate
Feast day: March 16
Born in Poppi, Tuscany, Italy, in 1201;
Died 1281;
cultus confirmed by Benedict XIV.
Although Saint Torello led a dissolute life in bad company, he experienced a sudden conversion. After repenting he received the habit of a recluse from the Vallumbrosan abbot of San Fedele. He lived as an austere recluse, walled up in his cell near Poppi, for 60 years. Both Vallumbrosans and Franciscans claim him. It seems certain that he was, at any rate, a Vallumbrosan oblate
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