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'''Gonçalo de Amarante''' (Arriconha, [[Tagilde]], Vizela, 1187 - [[Amarante]], 10 January 1259) was a Portuguese Dominican later canonized by [[Pope Pius IV]] in 1560.
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==Reverence==
|honorific_prefix = [[Beatification|Blessed]]
The saint is particularly popular in Brazil and has several localities named after him such as [[São Gonçalo do Amarante, Ceará]].
|name = Gundisalvus of Amarante
|honorific_suffix = [[Order of Preachers|OP]]
|image = São Gonçalo de Amarante (1618-25) - António André (Museu de Aveiro), cropped.png
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|birth_date = 1187
|birth_place = Arriconha, Tagilde, [[Vizela]], [[Portugal]]
|death_date = 10 January 1259 (aged 71)
|death_place = [[Amarante, Portugal|Amarante]], Portugal
|titles =
|venerated_in = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
|feast_day = [[10 January]]
|attributes = {{unbulleted list|[[Religious habit|Dominican habit]]|Holding a ball<ref name=SQPN/>|Light shining on him<ref name=SQPN/>}}
|patronage = {{Hlist|Amarante|[[Itapissuma]]|Cajari|Matinha|[[Viana, Brazil|Viana]]}}
|beatified_date = 16 September 1561
|beatified_place = [[Saint Peter's Basilica]], [[Papal States]]
|beatified_by = [[Pope Pius IV]]
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'''Gundisalvus of Amarante''', OP ({{langx|pt|Gonçalo de Amarante}}; 1187 – 10 January 1259) was a [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] religious priest of the [[Order of Preachers]].<ref name=SQPN>{{cite web|url=http://catholicsaints.info/blessed-gonzalo-de-amarante/|title=Blessed Gonzalo de Amarante|date=15 January 2011|publisher=Saints SQPN|accessdate=13 October 2016}}</ref> He became a Dominican [[friar]] and [[hermit]] after his return from a long pilgrimage that took him to both Rome and Jerusalem.<ref name=SEB>{{cite web|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90749|title=Blessed Gundislavo Amarante|publisher=Santi e Beati|date=|accessdate=13 October 2016}}</ref><ref name=CO>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=282|title=Bl. Gonzalo de Amarante|date=|publisher=Catholic Online|accessdate=13 October 2017}}</ref> [[Pope Pius IV]] beatified Gundisalvus of Amarante in 1561.

==Life==
Gundisalvus was born in 1187 in [[Portugal]] to nobles. It was said at his [[baptism]] he fixed his intense gaze upon the [[crucifix]] as he was being carried to the [[baptismal font]].<ref name=SQPN/> He was devoted to [[Jesus Christ]] in his childhood and decided to become a [[priesthood in the Catholic Church|priest]]. The [[Archbishop of Braga]] ordained Gundisalvus and the latter distributed his great wealth to his nephews.<ref name=SQPN/><ref name=CO/> Gundisalvus worked in the parish of Saint Paio de Vizela and obtained leave so as to go to visit Rome and Jerusalem while leaving his nephew, also a priest, in charge of the parish. It was held that he returned from the pilgrimage after just over a decade.<ref name=SEB/>

Gundisalvus visited the tombs of [[Saint Peter]] and [[Saint Paul]] before going to Jerusalem via ship. He returned to find that austere measures he now upheld in his life were something that his nephew did not welcome and who set a dog upon him while viewing him as nothing more than a vagrant. Discernment led Gundisalvus to the Dominicans to which order he was admitted into and he was allowed to live as a hermit who was in the service of his local people. He built a bridge himself over the [[Tâmega (river)|Tâmega River]].<ref name=SQPN/><ref name=SEB/>

According to legend, the workers who helped build the bridge once ran out of wine leading him to smack a rock with his stick causing it to split open with wine pouring out of it. On another occasion the workers ran out of food and he went to the water and called out promoting fish to jump onto the river bank providing the workers with food.<ref name=SQPN/><ref name=CO/>

==Beatification==
Gundisalvus died in 1259. Pius IV beatified him on 16 September 1561, his feast day being celebrated on January 10, the day of his death.

==References==
==References==
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"São Gonçalo do Amarante" redirects here. For other uses, see São Gonçalo do Amarante (disambiguation).
Blessed

Gundisalvus of Amarante

OP
Born1187
Arriconha, Tagilde, Vizela, Portugal
Died10 January 1259 (aged 71)
Amarante, Portugal
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified16 September 1561, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius IV
Feast10 January
Attributes
Patronage

Gundisalvus of Amarante, OP (Portuguese: Gonçalo de Amarante; 1187 – 10 January 1259) was a Portuguese religious priest of the Order of Preachers.[1] He became a Dominican friar and hermit after his return from a long pilgrimage that took him to both Rome and Jerusalem.[2][3] Pope Pius IV beatified Gundisalvus of Amarante in 1561.

Life

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Gundisalvus was born in 1187 in Portugal to nobles. It was said at his baptism he fixed his intense gaze upon the crucifix as he was being carried to the baptismal font.[1] He was devoted to Jesus Christ in his childhood and decided to become a priest. The Archbishop of Braga ordained Gundisalvus and the latter distributed his great wealth to his nephews.[1][3] Gundisalvus worked in the parish of Saint Paio de Vizela and obtained leave so as to go to visit Rome and Jerusalem while leaving his nephew, also a priest, in charge of the parish. It was held that he returned from the pilgrimage after just over a decade.[2]

Gundisalvus visited the tombs of Saint Peter and Saint Paul before going to Jerusalem via ship. He returned to find that austere measures he now upheld in his life were something that his nephew did not welcome and who set a dog upon him while viewing him as nothing more than a vagrant. Discernment led Gundisalvus to the Dominicans to which order he was admitted into and he was allowed to live as a hermit who was in the service of his local people. He built a bridge himself over the Tâmega River.[1][2]

According to legend, the workers who helped build the bridge once ran out of wine leading him to smack a rock with his stick causing it to split open with wine pouring out of it. On another occasion the workers ran out of food and he went to the water and called out promoting fish to jump onto the river bank providing the workers with food.[1][3]

Beatification

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Gundisalvus died in 1259. Pius IV beatified him on 16 September 1561, his feast day being celebrated on January 10, the day of his death.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Blessed Gonzalo de Amarante". Saints SQPN. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Blessed Gundislavo Amarante". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Bl. Gonzalo de Amarante". Catholic Online. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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