Orlando di Medici
Feast: 15 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Busseto near Fidenza in Emilia, Blessed Roland de' Medici, anchorite, who lived in the highest spirit of penance amid the rugged and deserted places of the Alps, conversing with God alone.
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 15 September as an anchorite who lived in penance in the wild places of the Alps.
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, 15 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Roman Martyrology, 15 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno) - listed as Blessed
- Wikidata Q1454087 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.