Angelus of Jerusalem

Saint Angelus ( ) (1185 - 1220), a saint and martyr from the Holy Land , was born in Jerusalem to a Jewish family. His mother, however, converted to Christianity , and Angelus, along with his twin brother, John, were baptised when she converted. His parents died while he was young, and he and his twin brother entered the Carmelite Order at the age of eighteen. They already spoke Greek , Latin , and Hebrew . Around his twenty-sixth year, Angelus was ordained in Jerusalem, and he traveled through Palestine. Various miraculous cures were attributed to him. His acta states that he sought to avoid fame, and when he was becoming known for his miracles , he withdrew from society to a hermitage. He remained a hermit on Mount Carmel until he was instructed to leave for Italy to preach against Albigensians , Bulgars , and patarini . He went to Sicily , and his fame as a miracle-worker caused crowds to come to him. He wanted to convert a Cathar knight named Berenger (Berengarius). Catholic tradition states that Berenger was living in incest and that Angelus convinced the knight's companion to leave Berenger. Berenger became enraged and killed or had him killed in front of the Church of SS. Filippo e Giacomo in Licata . He died of his wounds four days after the attack, and according to Catholic tradition, asked for his assassin to be pardoned. He was buried at SS. Sant' Angelo da Gerusalemme (di Sicilia) Some Catholic sources say that he received a vision from God to leave for Italy.

Saint Angelus ( ) (1185–1220) was a saint and martyr from the Holy Land .

Saint Angelus ( ; 1185 – 5 May 1220) was a Catholic convert from Judaism and a professed priest of the Carmelites . He and his twin brother were converted to the faith once their mother did so while both became ordained priests and Carmelite friars . But, unlike his brother he retreated into the desert to a hermitage after his ordination. But, he emerged once he was instructed to go to the Italian mainland to evangelize as well as to meet with Pope Honorius III to have him approve a new rule for the Carmelites. He was slain whilst preaching and was believed a saint after his death. The Carmelites venerated him as such until Pope Pius II beatified the slain priest during his pontificate circa 1459. Angelus, Priest and Martyr (M)" .

Angelus of Jerusalem , OCarm ( ; 1185 – 5 May 1220) was a Catholic convert from Judaism and a professed priest of the Carmelites . He and his twin brother became converts to the faith following their mother's conversion. Both went on to become ordained priests and Carmelite friars . Unlike his brother, however, he retreated into the desert to a hermitage after his ordination, but he emerged once he was instructed to go to the Italian mainland to evangelize as well as to meet with Pope Honorius III to have him approve a new rule for the Carmelites. He was slain whilst preaching and was believed a saint after his death. The Carmelites venerated him as such until during his pontificate Pope Pius II beatified the slain priest circa 1459.

Catholic saint (1185–1220) Angelus of Jerusalem , OCarm ( Italian : Sant'Angelo ; 1185 – 5 May 1220) was a Catholic convert from Judaism and a religious priest of the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance . Angelus and his twin brother became converts to the faith following their mother's conversion. Both went on to become ordained priests and Carmelite friars . Unlike his brother, however, he retreated into the desert to a hermitage after his ordination, but he emerged once he was instructed to go to the Italian mainland to evangelize as well as to meet with Pope Honorius III to have him approve a new rule for the Carmelites. He was slain whilst preaching and was believed a saint after his death. The Carmelites venerated him as such until during his pontificate Pope Pius II beatified the slain priest circa 1459.