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Monaldo of Ancona
SaintFull write-upFranciscansPre-congregation
Feast: 15 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1201
Died
1288
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Arzenga, a city of the Saracens, the Blessed Martyrs Monaldus, Francis and Anthony, who, after long and free preaching of Christ, were cut to pieces by the Saracens; their relics are held in the greatest reverence among the Armenians.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Franciscan Martyrology (1723) remembers him on 16 March.
Sources
- Martyrologium Franciscanum (Latin, 1723 edition), 16 March
- Wikidata Q3860395 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.