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About Albert of Vercelli
Albert of Jerusalem, OSC, also Albertus Hierosolymitanus, Albertus Vercelensis, Saint Albert, Albert of Vercelli or Alberto Avogadro, was a canon lawyer and saint. He was Bishop of Bobbio and Bishop of Vercelli, and served as mediator and diplomat under Pope Clement III. Innocent III appointed him Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1204 or 1205. In Jerusalem, he contributed the Carmelite Rule of St. Albert to the newly-founded Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. Albert is honoured as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and commemorated in the liturgical calendar of the Carmelites on 17 September.
Everything about Albert of Vercelli →- Occupation
- diplomat, Catholic priest, canon regular, Catholic bishop
- Position held
- Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Roman Catholic Bishop of Vercelli, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bobbio
- Born
- 1149
- Died
- September 14, 1215