Walfrid
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Walfrid, Uualefred,[1] or Galfrido della Gherardesca, was an eighth-century saint from Pisa, Italy.
Life and death
Walfrid was a prosperous and honored citizen of Pisa. Though he had six children with his long-time wife, Thesia, they conducted a dutifully religious lifestyle. There came a time when, drawn to a closer service of God, they each felt called to monastic life. Together with two friends of similar views, he co-founded the Abbey of San Pietro di Palazzuolo on Monteverdi. His wife and one of his daughters took the veil in a convent he built nearby. His favorite son, Gimfrid (Guinifridi),[1] caused Walfrid a great deal of trouble when he ran away from the monastery. Caught and permanently injured in his right hand, a penitent Gimfrid was returned to the monastery, which he presided over after Walfrid's death.[2]
Walfrid died in 765 AD and was sainted in 1861. His feast day is February 15.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Piper, Paulus, ed. (1884). "Confraternitates Augienses" [Reichenau Confraternity]. Libri confraternitatum Sancti Galli, Augiensis, Fabariensis [Confraternity Books of St Gall, Reichenau and Pfäfers]. Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latina). Berlin: Apvd Weidmannos. pp. 243–244.
- ^ "St. Walfrid", Diocese of Lucena
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."St. Walfrid - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online". Catholic.org. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
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