Lentorama 2018: Second String Saints

Day 22 - Ubald

Like some other saints, Ubald was educated by the church after the death of his father, and earned offices at an early age. Made a canon, and later joining a monastery, he spent a few years in Vienna learning from other canons. He returned to his home city of Gubbio, where he developed a reputation for his piety, poverty, and humility. He refused higher office several times, but finally relented and was named the bishop of Gubbio.

Ubald died in 1160, already having miracles attributed to him during his lifetime. Further miracles were proclaimed, and at his canonization his body was found to be flexible and incorrupt when it was moved to a hilltop oratory. A church was later built at that site, and has remained a popular pilgrimage site for Umbrians. But he's apparently not that popular outside of Umbria, which led to his being removed from the general calendar.