Biography
Albert of Trapani
About Albert of Trapani
Albert was a Carmelite priest associated with Trapani and Messina in Sicily. The church biography places him among the order’s leaders in Sicily in 1296.
His last years are traditionally associated with a hermit’s life near Messina. The source warns that his late biography contains doubtful and impossible details.
His cult received papal confirmation in 1476 rather than a formal canonization ceremony.
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