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Also known as: Angelo of Jerusalem
Memorial: 5 May
Profile
Parents were 12th century Jewish converts. At age 18, he and his twin
brother joined a group of hermits who formed the first Carmelite house.
Sent to evangelize in Sicily, he met with great success in converting some
Sicilian Jews, and great hatred from others, especially around Palermo and
Leocata. Murdered by Berengarius, a man whose incestuous relationship
Angelus had denounced.
Born: 1145 at Jerusalem
Died: stabbed to death in 1220 at Leocata, Sicily; relics transferred in
to the Carmelite Church at Leocata
Representation: Carmelite with a knife in his head; Carmelite with a
sword in his breast, holding a book, palm, and three crowns; Carmelite
with an angel bringing him three crowns; Carmelite with lilies and roses
falling from his mouth
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