Alferius

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Saint Alferius
Born	930 Salerno
Died	12 April 1050 (aged 119 or 120)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Canonized	cultus confirmed in 1893 by Leo XIII
Feast	April 12

Alferius (Italian: Sant'Alferio) (930–1050) was an Italian abbot and saint.

Life[]

Alferius Pappacarbona was a noble, who after spending many years as a layman in civil service, in 1002 was named the head of a delegation from his city to speak with King Robert II of France. Taking ill during the journey, he convalesced at a monastery and vowed to become a monk himself if he recovered. Around 980, he withdrew to the foot of Monte Finestra, southwest of Cava, where he lived a life of contemplation and prayer. At the beginning of the 11th century, a nucleus of hermit monks, attracted by the famed saintliness of Alferius, joined him. In 1101, he founded the monastery of La Trinità della Cava.^[1] It followed the Benedictine rule.

Veneration[]

The first four abbots of Cava were officially recognized as saints on December 21, 1893, by Pope Leo XIII.^[2] The first four abbots are Alferius; Leo I (1050–79); Peter of Pappacarbone (1079–1123); and Constabilis.

See also[]

• Cava de' Tirreni, Italy (Italia)
• La Trinità della Cava

Bibliography[]

• Joseph Ratzinger: Sainti. Gli autentici apologeti della Chiesa., Lindau Edizioni, Torino 2007. ISBN 978-88-7180-706-5

Notes[]

External links[]

• (in Italian) San Alferio
• Alferius of La Cava