SIMON OF MONTEFARCHIO, FRANCISCAN AND MARTYR

SIMON OF MONTEFARCHIO, FRANCISCAN AND MARTYR - 25 JANUARY

SIMON OF MONTEFARCHIO, FRANCISCAN AND MARTYR

Simon, remembered on January 25, was a native of the small town of Montefarchio (not Mount Sarchio, as erroneously stated in the Seraphic Martyrology*) in Lower Italy. He was martyred to death around 1244 as an alleged enemy of the excommunicated Emperor Frederick II¹ (Friedrich II). (Hueb.)

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p.321)

*A hagiography source used by the authors

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

¹Frederick II (Friedrich II), (born December 26, 1194, Jesi, Ancona, Papal States) was the king of Sicily (1197-1250), duke of Swabia (as Frederick VI, 1228-35), German king (1212–50), and Holy Roman emperor (1220-50). A Hohenstaufen and grandson of Frederick I Barbarossa, he pursued his dynasty’s imperial policies against the papacy and the Italian city-states. Although excommunicated at the time, he joined in the Sixth Crusade (1228-29), conquering several areas of the Holy Land and crowning himself king of Jerusalem (reigning 1229-43). He died December 13, 1250 at Castel Fiorentino, Apulia, Kingdom of Sicily (aged 55).

Source:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-II-Holy-Roman-emperor

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