Guala de Roniis
Guala de Roniis (1180 – 3 September 1244) was an Italian catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Preachers as one of Dominic of Osma's earliest disciples. De Roniis was born as a noble and was appointed as the Bishop of Brescia after Dominic's death though also served as a popular papal legate that earned him popular and papal support. He resigned from his episcopal see to dedicate the remainder of his life to peaceful solitude though his reputation for personal holiness prompted countless people to seek him out for his counsel.
The formal ratification to his local 'cultus' - or popular devotion to the late bishop - allowed for Pope Pius IX to confirm his beatification on 1 October 1868 while dispensing the requirement for miracles as cultus confirmation allows for.
Patron saint of Diocese of Brescia; Diplomats
In the Martyrology
- September 3 Blessed Guala, Dominican, bishop of Brescia