Agnellus of Pisa

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Agnellus von Pisa (* 1194 in Pisa , † March 13, 1232 (?) In Oxford ) was a Franciscan who is venerated as a blessed in the Roman Catholic Church . His festival is on May 13th .

Life

In 1217 St. Francis sent him to France . There he worked as curator of Paris . In order to establish a religious province in England, he went there in 1224, where he established new convents in Oxford and London . With Robert von Grosseteste he won an important teacher for the House of Studies in Oxford . The royal family was very dear to him.

Adoration

Pope Leo XIII. said Br. Agnellus beatified in 1892. In Christian iconography , Br. Agnellus is depicted in the habit of a Franciscan with a hood pulled over and documents in his hands.

literature

  • Stephen Donovan:  Bl. Agnellus of Pisa . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 1, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1907.
  • LThK2 Vol. I, Sp. 196 (G. Fussenegger)
  • LThK2 Vol. I, Col. 236 (J. Lang)
  • J. Harding: A. of Pisa, 1194-1236; - First Franciscan Provincial in England (1224-1236), Canterbury 1979, MartRom (Ed. 2001) 179.
personal data
SURNAME Agnellus of Pisa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franciscans, Blessed
DATE OF BIRTH 1194
PLACE OF BIRTH Pisa
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: March 13, 1232