Alberto di Sarteano
Apostolic delegate
Feast: 15 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Albert was born at Sarteano in Tuscany in 1385 and entered the Conventual Franciscans in 1405; drawn by St Bernardine of Siena, he passed to the Friars Minor of the Observance and became his faithful companion.
Under Bernardine's guidance he became so famous a preacher that he was called 'the King of Preachers'. He died at Milan on 15 August 1450.
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 Franciscan preacher of the Holy Name, companion of St Bernardine.
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.
Connected on this site
- Bernardino of Siena Saint“He was an associate of Bernardino of Siena, and a diplomatic envoy of Pope Eugene IV to the Coptic and Ethiopian churches.” — Wikipedia
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Blessed Albert of Sarteano
- Wikidata Q3608660 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Albert Berdini of Sarteano (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.