May 16 - Saint Ubaldus - Bishop of Gubbio - 1160
From the 1945 Roman Missal.

Saint Ubaldus Baldassini
Also known as
Ubaldus of Gubbio
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Memorial
16 May
Profile
Born to the nobility. Related to Saint Sperandea. Ubaldo’s father, Rovaldo Baldassini, died when the boy was very young; his mother was an invalid, afflicted with what we now consider a neurological disease. Raised by his uncle. Educated by the prior of the cathedral in Gubbio, Italy. Canon regular. Monk at the Monastery of Saint Secondo in Gubbio for several years. Dean of the cathedral in Gubio. Ordained in 1115. Around 1120 he convinced the canons of his chapter to live a common life together under the rule given by Peter degli Onesti; this communal life was designed to keep them out of worldly ways. Ubaldo wanted to be a hermit, but was advised against it, and in 1128 he accepted the bishopric of Gubbio. Known as a patient, gentle, and brave pastor to his people. Convinced Emperor Frederick Barbarossa not to sack Gubbio as he had done other cities. The tomb and shrine of Ubaldus is still a place of pilgrimage.
Born
c.1085 at Gubbio near Ancona, Umbria, Italy as Ubaldo Baldassini
Died
around sunrise on Monday 16 May 1160 at Gubbio near Ancona, Umbria, Italy of natural causes
relics re-interred on 11 September 1194
his right hand little finger is held as a relic in Thann, France
Canonized
1192 by Pope Celestine III
Representation
bishop giving a blessing as angels carry his crozier
bishop delivering a blessing while a devil flees from it
bishop holding a model of Gubbio
Patronage
against autism
against demonic possession
against migraine
against neuralgia
against obsession
autistic children
autistics
obsessive compulsives
possessed people
sick children
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Gubbio, Italy
Montovi, Italy
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