September 3rd

Blessed Guala

Blessed · Common of Bishops · Astino, Val Camonica, Lombardy, Italy · d. 1244

In the district of Astino in the Val Camonica in Lombardy, Blessed Guala, bishop of Brescia, of the Order of Preachers, who in the time of the Emperor Frederick II worked prudently for the good of the peace of the Church and of the commonwealth, and endured exile.

Latin Original

In pago Astinénsi Vallis Camünicz in Langobárdia, beáti Guálae, episcopi Brixiénsis, ex Ordine Prazedicatórum, qui pro bono pacis Ecclesiae et rei páblicze, témpore Frideríci imperatóris Secündi, prudénter óperam dedit et exsílium passus est.