Oliver of Ancona explained

Saint Oliver of Ancona - also known as Oliver of Portonuovo, Oliverius or Liberius (died c. 1050), is a saint of the Catholic and Orthodox Christian churches.^[1] His feast day is 3 February.^[2]

It is thought that he came from Armenia, or that he originally was a Camaldolese monk from Dalmatia.

He became a Benedictine monk at Santa Maria di Portonuovo,^[3] a community at the foot of Monte Conero, south of Ancona on the Italian Adriatic coast. Due to earthquakes and landslides, the monastery was later abandoned.^[4]

External links

• Page with photo of the church Santa Maria di Portonuovo (from the era of St. Oliver)

Notes and References

1. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintso.htm Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
2. https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/oportonu "Den hellige Oliver av Portonuovo (-1050)", Den katolske kirke
3. http://www.heiligen.net/heiligen/05/03/05-03-1050-oliver.php Van den Akker, A., "Oliver van Ancona", Heiligen
4. https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienO/Oliver_von_Portonovo.html Schäfer, Joachim. "Oliver von Portonovo", Ökumenischen Heiligenlexikon