Raynald_of_Nocera

Raynald of Nocera

Raynald of Nocera

Italian Roman Catholic saint

Raynald was a Benedictine monk and Bishop of Nocera Umbra. Born around 1150, in the village of Postignano, near Nocera Umbra, Italy, to parents of German descent.[1]

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He entered the Benedictine congregation of Fonte Avellana. He was at the monastery of S. Maria di Vallemergo in 1199, along with Trasimundus, the future bishop of Senigallia.[2] He was elected Prior of the monastery of Santa Croce di Fonte Avellana, though the date is unknown. On 7 February 1218 Prior Rinaldo and his monastery were taken under the protection of the Holy See by Pope Honorius III, renewing the privilege granted by Pope Innocent II in 1139.[3] In 1218, he accompanied Bishop Gerard of Ancona and Bishop Trasimundus of Senigallia to Fano, to negotiate the release of the imprisoned Bishop Riccardo.[4] In September 1218, he visited the monastery of S. Esuperanzio in Cingoli, where he acted as witness to a grant to the monastery. He then visited Senigallia, where his congregation received a gift, and finally returned to his own monastery at Fonte Avellano.[5]

He was appointed Bishop of Nocera Umbra in 1213.[6] He was a close friend of St. Francis of Assisi. He was one of the seven bishops who consecrated the church of the Porziuncula at Assisi, and proclaimed the indulgence.[7] He served as Bishop of Nocera until his death in 1217.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    St. Raynald of Nocera Catholic Online. His father was Count Napoleone of Foligno. Vincioli, Giacinto (1734). Vite di IX soggetti della famiglia Vincioli (in Italian). Perugia: Constantini. p. 82.
  2. [2]
    Gibelli, p. 142.
  3. [3]
    Gibelli, pp. 142-143.
  4. [4]
    Gibelli, p. 145.
  5. [5]
    Gibelli, pp. 146-147.
  6. [6]
    His predecessor, Bishop Hugo de Trinci (1196–1222) died in 1122. Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica. Vol. Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 373.
  7. [7]
    Gibelli, p. 147.
  8. [8]
    Saint Raynald of Nocera Patron Saint Index

Bibliography

Gibelli, Alberto (1895). Monografia dell'antico monastero di S. Croce di Fonte Avellana: i suoi priori ed abbati. Faenza: P. Conti. pp. 142–147.
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