Lorenzo of Belem
Portuguese Roman Catholic religious and blessed (fl. 14th century)
Feast: 12 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the monastery of Belém near Lisbon in Portugal, Blessed Lorenzo, priest of the Order of Saint Jerome, to whom very many penitents turned because of his outstanding piety.
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 12 April as a Hieronymite priest at Belém sought out by many penitents for his piety.
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, 12 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q81930995 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.