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St. Albert of Vercelli

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Feastday: September 17
Patron: Carmelite Order; canon lawyers; Jerusalem
Birth: c. 1149
Death: September 14, 1214

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Saint Albert of Vercelli was a canon lawyer, Bishop of Vercelli, and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. A wise mediator and reforming pastor, he helped reconcile political and ecclesial disputes and gave the hermits of Mount Carmel a rule of life approved by the Church. He died at Acre in 1214.

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