Balsamo
Feast: 24 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the monastery of Cava de' Tirreni in Campania, Blessed Balsamo, abbot, who amid the troubles and conflicts of his time carried out his ministry with wisdom and prudence.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 24 November as an abbot of Cava de' Tirreni who ruled wisely through troubled times.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 24 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3633508 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.