RealCatholicTV on Oct 25, 2011 The saint who is especially known for a miracle involving a donkey. William of Fenoli[1] (d. circa 1205) was a monk of the Carthusian Order[2], who lived in the late 12th - early 13th Century. He was a lay-brother at … [More]

RealCatholicTV on Oct 25, 2011 The saint who is especially known for a miracle involving a donkey. William of Fenoli[1] (d. circa 1205) was a monk of the Carthusian Order[2], who lived in the late 12th - early 13th Century. He was a lay-brother at the Charterhouse of Casularum in Lombardy, where he managed the monastery's external affairs. According to Carthusian annals, "He was untutored in theology, in philosophy and in worldly knowledge, but in spiritual life and good works he was most learned. His holiness was made known by very many miracles both during his life and after his death"[3]. For this, and accounts of other miracles performed at his intercession, William of Fenoli was beatified by Pope Pius IX, who approved his cultus (limited, local veneration) in 1860[4].