Blessed Rolando de Medici
Also known as
- Orlando
Profile
Born to the famous de Medici family. At around age 30, he retired from the world to live as a hermit in the Alpine forests.
Born
- 15 September 1386
- buried at the Church of the Holy Church Busseto, Italy
- 25 September 1853 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation) after a canonization process that lasted nearly 300 years
- man in goatskin as for many years that was all he had to wear
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Rolando de Medici“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 February 2022. Web. 3 June 2024. <>