Walfrid

Walfrid, Uualefred ^[1] , or Galfrido della Gherardesca, was an eighth-century saint from Pisa, Italy.

Life and death

Walfrid was a prosperous and honored citizen of Pisa. Though he had six children with his long-time wife, Thesia, they conducted a dutifully religious lifestyle. There came a time when, drawn to a closer service of God, they each felt called to monastic life. Together with two friends of similar views, he co-founded the Abbey of San Pietro di Palazzuolo on Monteverdi. His wife and one of his daughters took the veil in a convent he built nearby. His favorite son, Gimfrid (Guinifridi) ^[1] , caused Walfrid a great deal of trouble when he ran away from the monastery. Caught and permanently injured in his right hand, a penitent Gimfrid was returned to the monastery, which he presided over after Walfrid's death. ^[2]

Walfrid died in 765 AD and was sainted in 1861. His feast day is February 15. ^[3]

References

1. Piper, Paulus, ed. (1884). "Confraternitates Augienses" [Reichenau Confraternity]. Libri confraternitatum Sancti Galli, Augiensis, Fabariensis [Confraternity Books of St Gall, Reichenau and Pfäfers]. Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin). Berlin: Apvd Weidmannos. p. 243-244.
2. "St. Walfrid", Diocese of Lucena
3. "St. Walfrid - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online". Catholic.org. Retrieved 2012-02-15.