Agostino Novello
Italian Augustinian and saint
Feast: 19 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Matteo di Termini was born at Termini in Sicily in the first half of the thirteenth century to a noble family of Catalan origin, and studied at Bologna, winning high honours in civil and canon law. He held high office in the magistracy and became a counsellor of King Manfred of Sicily.
Entering religious life as an Augustinian, he took the name Agostino, to which 'Novello' was later added for his learning and virtue.
The miracles
He is honoured as Blessed by long-standing veneration confirmed by the Church; the Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A great jurist who left worldly honours for the religious life.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Agostino Novello
- Wikidata Q385253 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Agostino Novello (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.