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Albert of Butrio
founder and first abbot of the monastery of Butrio
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 5 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Tortona in Piedmont, Saint Albert, who is held to have been the founder and first abbot of the monastery of Butrio.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 5 September at Tortona in Piedmont as the founder and first abbot of the monastery of Butrio.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.