Saint william of vercelli biography of albert
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William of Montevergine
Italian Roman Catholic saint
William of Montevergine, or William of Vercelli, (Italian: Guglielmo) (Latin: Gulielmus) (1085 – 25 June 1142), also known as William the Abbot, was a Catholichermit and the founder of the Congregation of Monte Vergine, or "Williamites".
He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
Saint william of vercelli biography of albert
Life
He was born in 1085 into a noble family of Vercelli in northwest Italy and was brought up by a relation after the death of his parents. He undertook a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. On his pilgrimage to Compostela, William asked a blacksmith to make an iron implement that would encircle his body and increase his suffering, and he wore it throughout the pilgrimage.[1]
After he returned to Italy, he intended to go to Jerusalem and for this purpose, he reached South Italy, but he was beaten up and robbed by thieves.
William considered this misfortune a sign of God's will to stay in South Italy and sprea